Giant Shopping Robot Invades Texas (Video)
It looks more like a vending machine on steroids, but the "robotic convenience store" concept from Shop24 Global seems to fill a real customer void, especially for urgent or spur of the moment items you need in a hurry.
The latest Shop24 installation is coming up soon at the Ladera Palms Apartment Homes complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Residents will be able to purchase a wide range of items - everything from candy to condoms and more - around the clock without having to get in their car or travel. The only thing more convenient would be if the robot store featured a bedside delivery option.
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Geminoid-F Fashion Robot Display Close-up (Video)
After posting about the Geminoid-F female robot installation in Tokyo, I just had to check it out in person. Friday afternoon, during a break between meetings, I spent about an hour watching shoppers try to interact with the attractive android, and managed to get a peek behind the scenes.
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Femaie Android Looking For A Valentines Date In Tokyo (Video)
It looks like Tomio Sugiura isn't the only robot designer working to apply robotics to fashion marketing. Professor Ishiguro, famous for aggressively testing the boundaries of the Uncanny Valley effect, has installed his Geminoid-F life sized female android in a display window at the Takashimaya department store in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.
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Japanese Science Magazine Features Doka Harumi Humanoid Robot (Video)
Gakken, a leading Japanese publisher of science related magazines and low cost kits just released Volume 33 in the popular Otona No Kagaku series. I was surprised, and very pleased to find Kazuki Sumi's humanoid robot creation, Doka Harumi with a feature article in the magazine.
Like most of the Gakken publications, Volume 33 centers around a simple kit, this time it's a miniature version of the Roomba robot that includes enough functionality to effectively mimic it's real life counterpart. The design is rather unique in that it can accomplish all of that with just minimal electronics and only one drive motor - but more on that in another post.
In addition to the robot kit, Gakken always includes a beautifully executed full color magazine chock full of articles to interest and inspire readers. Doka Harumi, a top competitor in the ROBO-ONE Humanoid Helper Robot Project competitions, was an excellent choice.
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! Nope, it’s a robot! (Video)
They're not "Superman", but these hacked flying 'humans' have recently taken to the air around New York City. The video clip below shows some of their aerial adventures.
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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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