On December 18, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan has announced Takara Tomy’s i-Sobot as “Robot of the Year” for 2008. The award was established by METI in 2006 to promote civilian development and practical application of robots.
This year 65 were chosen to represent robots from the agriculture, construction and service [...]
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Here’s a summary and lots of photos of robots that appeared at the recently held Robo-Japan 2008 exhibition in Pacifico Yokohama Hall.
The Robo-Japan 2008 poster outside the exhibition hall
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11 Oct, 2008
Robo Japan 2008: Takara Tomy’s i-SOBOT
Posted by: brb In: Robo-Japan 2008| Robots| Tech
I just came back from Robo Japan, which is held in Minato Mirai, near Yokohama. The first batch of pictures from the exhibit is the i-SOBOT, winner of Japan’s Good Design award and billed by the company as Guiness-certified “world’s smallest humanoid robot in production”. (The Japanese brochure actually says, translated, “the world’s smallest bipedal [...]
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