Battling Robots in Japan's Pop-Culture Tech
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The ring sits in the spotlight of a tense, packed auditorium and the jittery fighters await the bell at their red and blue corners. Like any fight, there's always the danger of a punishing uppercut or left hook. But these boxers have even more worries Ã¢ÂÂ like battery failure and software bugs.
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Already the most wired country in the world, the Asian country is on a fast track to create intelligent service robots that will integrate into society.
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The latest tiny flying robot that could help in search and rescue or surveillance has been unveiled in Japan.
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A new Japanese robot twists and rolls to iPod tunes in an intricate dance based on complex mathematics, a technology developers said will one day enable robots to move about spontaneously instead of following preprogrammed motions.
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Henry Jenkins  and his observations on social responsibility in Chinese video game culture.
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DARPA gives new meaning to the term 'bot net' DARPA*, the occasionally eccentric American death-tech hothouse, has come up with a scheme to develop "LANdroids", small crawling radio-relay robots the size of a deck of cards.â¦
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It's time for radical robomediation. Let's hand the service industry to automatons rather than transforming humans into reluctant machines. Commentary by Momus.
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Speaker systems, TV phones, innovations and oddities on display this week at Tokyo's consumer-technology trade fair.
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A less-than-futuristic surveillance system in San Francisco.
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Well, not the world maybe, but possibly your lawns and kitchens. The use of robots -- especially as domestic help -- is expected to increase sevenfold by 2007, according to the United Nations.
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A robot that can taste and recommend wine and food is unveiled by Japanese researchers.
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From among TIME's 50 Top 10 lists   -  a look into 2007's hottest tech toys
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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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Blog: Two futuristic music interfaces--the Tenori-On and the Monome--are in a race to capture the hearts of electronic musicians.
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Humanoid devices will be used to encourage interest in science and technology.
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Interview VR inventor on memes, and the blandness of digital culture
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Might yet go for obedient droid butlers, though One of the main drivers of the Japanese - and hence the world's - robotics industry is the increasingly elderly population in the land of the Rising Sun.â¦