'Great Robot Exhibition' Showcases Centuries of Japanese Bots
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Gallery: The Japanese have been making mechanical men for a long time, from medieval clockwork dolls to modern-day marvels both real and fictional. It's all on view in a Tokyo art exhibit.
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There were over 600,000 household service robots in use worldwide in 2003, and more than 4 million new units should join them over the next three years, according to a study released Wednesday by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
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Swarm robots, car robots, team robots -- you name it, you can find it at the RoboNexus convention. Daniel Terdiman reports from Santa Clara, California.
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Also plans droids to 'work on street corners' The Japanese robot industry is streets ahead of the competition when it comes to designing droids for peaceful uses (for war-bots, of course, the discerning purchaser shops in America). That said, Japanese robots have so far struggled to find a real, erm, killer application.â¦
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Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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Humanoid devices will be used to encourage interest in science and technology.
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Machines that only a few years ago seemed to be the stuff of fantasy are slowly but surely reaching the mainstream.  Photos: IBM's Blue Gene/L  Photos: Barcelona's big blade
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Japan is pretty serious about robotics. If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea.
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Robots will be truly useful when they get sensitive arms and hands, plus the programming to use them properly.
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Ugobe's animatronic robot makes an appearance--and a party foul--at CES.
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No other way to cope with monster vegetable menace In a further outre twist, the budding Japanese robot'n' exoskeleton industry plans to move into a new sector. Researchers in the land of the Rising Sun have exhibited a mighty powered suit which could see increasingly elderly farmers - lifespans prolonged indefinitely perhaps, by advancing medical technology - striding across the fields reaping crops and lifting heavy loads.â¦
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The next big use for iRobot's bots: patrolling international borders.
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The Japanese develop a toddler robot. Here's a humorous look at the next generation mechanical child.
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From in-home surveillance robots to flying battle bots, WowWee is showing more than 20 new robots at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. Here's a sneak peek at the company's 2008 robot lineup.
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Scientists in Japan have succeeded in controlling a humanoid robot with signals from a monkey's brain.
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"Transformers" uncovers man's greatest love -- for machines that whir, click, rev or destroy.
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Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese nursing home, can converse, sing, express emotions and give trivia quizzes to seniors to help with their mental agility. Yet the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years languishing in a corner alone.