Bouncing Red Ball

The giant Mobile Suit Gundam now standing in Odaiba in Tokyo won’t be officially open to the public until July 11 but it looks increasingly ready for action by the day.
After being fully assembled last week, technicians are now testing its arsenal of lights, smoke and sound before the official “unveiling” two weeks from [...]

Japanese iPhone user ozma2x connects his cellphone to the very fast Denso robotic arm he uses at work. Will they play nice?
It turned out that not only did they talk; ozma2x also was able to control and monitor the robot in real time with the iPhone using Wi-Fi.
It’s pretty impressive that a standard cellphone [...]

One of the most popular videos in Nico Nico Douga, Japan’s video-sharing community, is this nifty little robot that makes coffee: preparing the cups and dripper, grinding the beans, filtering the coffee and pouring the finished product into a cup.
Hina, a little humanoid robot, is the creation of mujaki (Blog), and is based on Kondo’s [...]

Imposing night-time photos of the 30th Anniversary Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo from Pink Tentacle.

The construction of the Giant Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo is underway and should be completed in time for its unveiling sometime in early July.
This “life-sized” (18-meter) giant robot is the centerpiece of the Green Tokyo Gundam Project to commemorate the 30th 30th anniversary of the Gundam Moblie Suit robot franchise and will be displayed this [...]

Great videos of La Machine’s gigantic spiders prowling the streets of Yokohama. The giant arachnids from Nantes, France are part of the months-long program of events that celebrates the 150th opening of Yokohama Port.

In what might be a glimpse of the exciting possibilities of future robotics, Honda (Honda Research Institute - Japan) and ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research International) unveiled today an Asimo that can be controlled by mind power alone.

Using their jointly-developed Brain Machine Interface, which uses EEG (electroencephalography) and NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy) to measure electrical impulses in [...]

Is it me or is there lately a trend to construct and showcase giant creatures and robots in Tokyo?
Tomorrow, another huge robot is coming to Tokyo.
Towering 7.2 meters (23.6 feet) above the crowd, Giant Torayan, a gigantic mechanical contraption that sings and dances and spews fire will debut (”wreck havoc” according to the video) in [...]