Giant Robot Climbs Tokyo (Video)

There's a huge steel robot Santa climbing a pipe wall constructed next to the Maronouchi Building here in Tokyo:

Of course, it's a promotional/exhibition piece. Although it's impressive because of the size and weight, there really isn't much else that makes it compelling. Actually, Maeda-san did a much more impressive job of climbing with OmniZero three and a half years ago during the ROBO-ONE 11 event:

Posted by Lem on Nov 30, 2010 in Videos, Weird Robots | 0 comments

November Portrait Party

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Originally uploaded by Robots-Dreams.

Derek Arnwine mugs with Mondai-noid, one of our humanoid robots, at the November Portrait Party held at the Harajuku Photo Studio.

Posted by Lem on Nov 30, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

MAKE Tokyo 06: Matt Mets and the Spoon Organ (Video)

Matt Mets, a prolific maker, writer for MAKE, and completely over the top hacker, put together a Spoon Organ for the Tokyo Hackerspace exhibit at MAKE Tokyo 06.

Posted by Lem on Nov 28, 2010 in Design, Events, Hacks, Hardware, Music, Videos | 0 comments

31st All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition: Ng Beng Kiat Takes 2nd Place (Video)

Ng Beng Kiat thoroughly enjoys robotics. In addition to his 'day job' as a lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore, he has done leading edge work in Micromouse, RoboCup, and other fields of robotics. In 1997 he had the opportunity to watch the 18^th All Japan Micromouse Competition, which was dominated by Korean builders that year, and was totally hooked on the sport. 

Since that time, he has racked up an amazing string of victories, including winning the championship in Japan several times, the APEC championship in the US, and numerous Singapore based competition.

At the 31^st  All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition, he captured 2^nd  place in both the half-sized mouse and full sized (Expert) categories. Here's his full sized robot in action at the event:

Posted by Lem on Nov 27, 2010 in Design, Events, MicroMouse, Videos | 0 comments

31st All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition Photo Gallery (Video)

We uploaded the 2010 All Japan Micromouse Robot Competition photoset, including photos of all the Expert Class robots that were on display. Unlike previous years, this time the robots were placed on a table behind a barrier which made getting detailed shots a bit more challenging. Luckily we were blessed with long arms.

 Kato's full size Tetra micromouse champion robot that took 1^st  place in the Expert category.

Posted by Lem on Nov 26, 2010 in Design, Events, Hardware, MicroMouse, Photos, Videos | 2 comments