Latest Japanese robotics Stories
Jedidiah Becker for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Throughout the last few decades, advances in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence have plucked high-tech robots from the reverie of science fiction and placed them squarely in the real world. As technology has progressed, robots have been entrusted with an ever-expanding set of job responsibilities, including carrying soldiers into and out of battle zones, assembling automobiles and even fighting fires. As these marvels...
CONYERS, Ga., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) -- announced today details regarding the Company's partnership with ZMP Inc. of Japan. Names of other ZMP partners that are more familiar to US investors include NEC Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Renesas Electronics, JVC, Kenwood, and Microsoft. GeckoSystems is proud to announce their collaboration with ZMP and has prepared an overview of the company for the...
A Japan government official said Wednesday, that the country plans to prepare safety rules soon for robot nurses, which are expected to serve humans within five years in the fast-graying society."We hope that the Japanese robotics industry will continue to be the industry leader by preparing necessary guidelines for service robots," said ministry of trade and industry official Motoki Korenaga.Japan faces a shortage of caregivers for elderly people and has loosened its tight...
At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust.Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot - dubbed Kansei, or "sensibility" - responds to the word "war" by quivering in what looks like disgust and fear. It hears "love," and its pink lips smile."To live among people, robots need to handle complex...
TOKYOÂ -- Toyota and Sony, two of Japan's biggest technology names, are getting together in robotics, both sides said Monday, to develop an innovative, intelligent, single-seat vehicle.But don't expect Toyota Motor to resurrect Sony's now defunct Aibo dog robot "” as some devoted robot fans may be hoping.Sony's technology for Aibo and the childlike Qrio is still being kept in-house at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company, said Sony spokesman Tomio Takizawa.The technology...
