Amazing
Japanese Robots! - DigInfo News Showreel 2010
The
best robots on DigInfo News in 2010
3:23
A
very human-like robot invented by Japanese engineers
Two
human look-a-like robots invented by Japanese engineers.
They can talk to each other!
3:25
Japan's
Humanoid Hottie
Japanese
software and hardware developer Sega has developed EMA.
Short for Eternal, Maiden, Actualization - Ema, the
38 centimeter, curvaceous cyborg blows kisses, sings
and shakes its grooved things
1:20
AKIBA
ROBOT FESTIVAL 2006: Actroid Female Robot
The
amazingly realistic female android, named Actroid DER
2, was demonstrated at the AKIBA Robot Festival here in
the Akihabara district of Tokyo. Philip K. Dick asked,
"Do androids dream of electric sheep?" Now, decades later,
we still don't have a definitive answer to his query,
though we may find out sooner than anyone thinks. Although
they haven't been combined into a complete, fully functional
android yet, all of the required pieces seem to be coming
together in an amazingly realistic fashion. A good example
is the "Actroid DER 2" android exhibited at the AKIBA
Robot Festival last weekend here in the Akihabara district
of Tokyo. This female android is surprisingly realistic,
right down to the polish on her dainty fingernails, her
facial movements, and even skin tone. We've seen a lot
of impressive photos and videos of Actroid DER in the
past, but honestly - none of them really do justice to
the android's realism. Seeing it in person, up close,
is a totally different, and almost startling experience
that can't be effective captured on film or video. Her
movements are surprisingly realistic. Obviously a great
deal of time and effort has been devoted to studying the
body language of real women so that it could be emulated
by the android. Of course all of her actions and words
are carefully scripted. Her creators have even gone to
the trouble of including a little humor. At one point
during the demonstration she explains how she uses specially
designed air servos that give her a 'nice body', implying
that she doesn't have to watch her calories or worry about
gaining weight. Later during the demo she cautions the
men in the audience not to touch her because that would
be sexual harassment. Interestingly, many of the spectators
accepted her comment totally and were nodding their heads
politely in agreement. Logically they knew she wasn't
real, but they automatically behaved as if she were. From
a technology perspective, the android is stationary and
has air tubes running up through her feet and legs to
operate the custom air servos that provide her realistic
movement. The air compressor and associated electronics
is located in a box about the size of a small, half height
refrigerator. Due to all the ambient noise at the event,
and the crowds, we really couldn't determine how loud
or annoying Actroid's air system might actually be. Kokoro,
the company responsible for the development and marketing
of Actroid DER 2, is actually a subsidiary of Sanrio Ltd
- the 'Hello Kitty' company. In addition to some amazing
mechanical creations like Actroid DER and a series of
huge animatronic dinosaurs, Kokoro has also developed
unique vending machines - including the popular Hello
Kitty popcorn machines you've probably seen at major amusement
parks. In Japanese, the word 'kokoro' means 'heart', and
the company is dedicated to using their technology to
"... touch the hearts of the people." Their primary catch
phrase, or theme, is "Doukoku - moving sculpture". It's
also interesting to note that Kokoro was established as
a company in 1984, just two years after the general release
of "Blade Runner", the cinema classic based on Philip
K. Dick's novel and question about androids dreaming.
Could it be that the company founders drew their inspiration
to create androids from Dick's work? One strong positive
clue is the domain name that they selected for their company.
They picked "kokoro-dreams.com". Obviously, they have
very good taste in names. 1:53
HRP-4C
Humanoid Robot Dancing With Japanese Girls - So HOT!!!
Yamaha's
HRP-4C adds "dancer" to her resume as she joins four
human performers for a Tokyo performance called "Dance
Robot LIVE! - HRP-4C Cybernetic Human." Were it not
for the knobby-kneed metallic gams, it might be hard
to tell which of the five dancers in flouncy yellow
minidresses is the robot. But there she is, Yamaha's
HRP-4C, headlining a performance called "Dance Robot
LIVE! - HRP-4C Cybernetic Human" at Tokyo's Digital
Content Expo over the weekend. HRP-4C Humanoid Robot
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3:15
TOKYO
CITY SERIES: ACTROID
In
episode 6 of our Tokyo City Series we visit to Kokoro
HQ, part of the Sanrio Group responsible for one of the
most famous Japanese exports, Hello Kitty. Since their
inception in 1984 Kokoro have created various 'ofrobots'
including people friendly vending machines, massive animatronic
dinosaurs and life-like 'humanoid' robots, developed in
'continous observation of humans'. We meet Takeshi Mita
who shows us the female actroids (actor/android) they
are currently developing and tells us of his hopes for
an actroid and human integrated future. 4:56
Kokoro's
Actroid DER2 Female Robot
This
android robot was demoed for Robotopia at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC. 3:39
DARPA
Drones and Robots
A
special message from John Connor. 7:36
The
Singing, Dancing Actroid Der
She
sings, she dances, she speaks...she's a robot! 0:20
