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Japanese robotics. In Japan, popular robots include humanoid entertainment robots, androids, animal robots, social robots, guard robots, and many more. Each type has a variety of characteristics. Japan employs over a quarter of a million industrial robot workers. In the next 15 years, it is estimated that the number will jump to over one million.
Gakutensoku. Makoto Nishimura (left of Gakutensoku) and one of his assistants, Bōji Nagao, pose with the robot. Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for "learning from the laws of nature"), the first robot to be built in the East, was created in Osaka in the late 1920s. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist Makoto Nishimura (1883 ...
Wakamaru is a Japanese robot made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that is intended to perform natural communication with human beings. [1] The yellow, 3-foot domestic robot debuted in 2005 at a $14,300-$15,000 USD price-point exclusively for Japanese households. [2] Through its development, the Wakamaru has been used for presenting at ...
The history of robots has its origins in the ancient world. During the Industrial Revolution, humans developed the structural engineering capability to control electricity so that machines could be powered with small motors. In the early 20th century, the notion of a humanoid machine was developed.
The robot has also been used at banks and medical facilities in Japan, using applications created by Seikatsu Kakumei. [14] [15] [16] and it is also used in all branches of Hamazushi restaurants in Japan. [8] Pepper is being used in North American airports such as Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Canada.
SCARA. The SCARA is a type of industrial robot. The acronym stands for Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm[1] or Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm. [2] By virtue of the SCARA's parallel-axis joint layout, the arm is slightly compliant in the X-Y direction but rigid in the Z direction, hence the term selective compliance.
Omnibot. The Omnibot (オムニボット) is a toy robot originally manufactured by Tomy in the mid-1980s. The name then came to apply to the successful line of robots manufactured by the company. The initial Omnibot was announced with expectations of restoring popular interest in robots, at a time when it was becoming obvious that robots with ...
FANUC PLC. FANUC (/ ˈfænək / or / ˈfænʊk /; often styled Fanuc) is a Japanese group of companies that provide automation products and services such as robotics and computer numerical control wireless systems. [6]