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Kirobo is Japan's first robot astronaut, developed by University of Tokyo and Tomotaka Takahashi, to accompany Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Kirobo arrived on the ISS on August 10, 2013 on JAXA 's H-II Transfer Vehicle Kounotori 4 , an unmanned resupply spacecraft launched August 4, 2013 from ...
ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000. It is displayed in the Miraikan museum in Tokyo, Japan.On 8 July 2018, Honda posted the last update of ASIMO on their official page stating that it would be ceasing all development and production of ASIMO robots in order to focus on more practical applications using the technology developed through ASIMO ...
Androids are robots designed to have a very strong resemblance to humans. These include: Actroid, a realistic female robot demonstrated at Expo 2005 in Japan; Hanako, a humanoid robot designed for the training of dental professionals [4] HRP-4C, a humanoid robot with a realistic head and the figure of an average young Japanese female [5]
Concerned about the idea of robots seen as slaves to humans, particularly as portrayed in the play R.U.R., written by Karel Čapek, Nishimura set out to build a different kind of robot, or as he called it, an "artificial human". The robot he wanted to build would celebrate nature and humanity, and rather than a slave, it would be a friend, and ...
Valkyrie, a humanoid robot, [1] from NASA. A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be for functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments, for experimental purposes, such as the study of bipedal locomotion, or for other purposes. In general, humanoid robots have a torso, a head ...
KO PROPO is a brand of radio control equipment and humanoid robot by Kondo Kagaku, established in Tokyo, Japan in 1945.. In 1982 KO PROPO introduced the Expert EX-1, reported to have been the first to integrate a pistol grip into a transmitter device with a gun trigger to act as the throttle, which later became a popular fixture in radio controlled transmitters.
Sold! The first art piece painted by humanoid robot — which was expected to fetch up to $180,000 — shocked the crowd when it sold for a whopping $1.08 million. Sotheby’s, the famed auction ...
The KHR-1 is a programmable, bipedal humanoid robot introduced in June 2004 by a Japanese company Kondo Kagaku.At the time of its introduction it was one of the least expensive programmable bipedal robots (prices averaging around $1,600 in the United States and ¥128,000 in Japan).