Bouncing Red Ball

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 [...]

memory is an independent animation film directed by Junichi Yamamoto (山GEん).
Set in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear war, it tells the story of a damaged robot found by futuristic soldiers investigating a devastated area.
The humanoid appeared to be household robot, reminiscent of Asimo, and when the soldiers booted it up, they were able to [...]

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 [...]

From IT labs to photo grabs, Japanese humanoids will soon be strutting their hard- and soft-wares on the fashion catwalk.
HRP-4C runs on battery-powered motors in her body and face, designed to give her the expressions, gait and attitude of a supermodel.
An interesting humanoid no doubt, but probably has little chance of upstaging Kate Moss and [...]

If you stroll along the back streets of Akihabara and visit robot sites on the Internet fairly often, it would seem that tiny robots that do increasingly sophisticated little things are popping up regularly in Japan.
Take this interesting pet robot for single geeks announced by Robo Engine the other day.

Diminutive Pyuuun (Weee! in English) uses [...]

Robot venture tmsuk and security company Alacom has announced the T-34, a security guard robot that can be remotely controlled through a cellphone and can fire a net at suspected intruders.

The T-34 security guard robot is fitted with infrared heat and sound sensors to detect the presence of intruders or sense unusual activity. If it [...]

I’ve just came back from K’s Denki scouting for some USB hubs to manage the increasing number of devices connected at the back of my iMac (keyboard and mouse, an external hard disk, a printer, and a number of camera and mobile phone cradles) when by coincidence I happen upon this cute retro-design robot that [...]