Wakamaru, the boy-faced robot from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, debuts in a play staged at Osaka University in Japan. Entitled “Hataraku Watashi” (I, Worker), the play, written by playwright and Osaka University professor Oriza Hirata, explores the relationship of humans and the robots that are tasked to assist them in their everyday chores.
In the 20-minute play, [...]
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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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