Japanese Office Androids Rule! (Video)
Ever wonder how the Japanese can be so competitive in the world market?
Now, we know the answer. Office androids….
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Robot Yuenchi Announces High Performance Custom ROBO-ONE Competiton Robot Kit (Video)
The Robot Yuenchi group organizes robot events and competitions including the popular Robot Athlete Cup series that started almost five years ago. While the primary robot type featured in their events are humanoids like the Kyosho MANOI and Kondo KHR series, they also promote other types of robots including competitions that have multi-legged bots playing Beach Flag - a variation of the Capture the Flag game we played as kids.
In order to stimulate even more interest in robotics, and with the 10th anniversary ROBO-ONE 20 competition coming up this March, Robot Yuenchi announced a new high performance humanoid robot kit that will go on sale in February.
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Robot Tea Anyone?
I'm not much of a tea enthusiast and usually prefer decaf coffee, but this robot tea infuser could definitely convert me. 
Someone Please Wind Me Up!
Frog and Robot sculpture in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Appears to be created by Tom Otterness.
New Autonomous Military Aircraft Makes Pilots Obsolete And Raises Ethical Questions
Historically, mankind has developed new weapons, deployed them, observed the damage, and then debated the ethics and morality of the weapons after the fact. That pattern seems to have held true from the time of the first crude clubs, spears, bows and arrows, and even the atomic bomb.
The latest development in that same series is the X-47B fully autonomous drone, currently being tested by the US Navy. The new robotic drone is so advanced that it can take off and land on an aircraft carrier at sea without human intervention.
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