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  Real Life Gundam: Japanese Robot Suit (HAL)

  www.weirdasianews.com Japan has led the way in the field of robotics and in keeping with this tradition has become the first country to begin mass-producing a robot that will help human beings become more mobile. Meet Robot Suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) and shake his hand; that is, if he will let you. If you are a big fan of Gundam Wing just like myself this is one invention that you need to see, for you being a real fan to be complete, this will show you how real gundams look like
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  Japan's Robot Supermodel Hits the Runway

  WONG: Japan's Fashion Week hired a futuristic-looking model for its first runway show. STORY: Japans latest female humanoid robot kicked-off Tokyos Fashion Week. Topmodel "HRP-4C" hit the runway powered on battery motors. [Shuji Kajita, Director, Humanoid Robot Engineering]: "We believe this is Japan's and, perhaps, the world's first humanoid robot to walk on two feet and resemble the average body type of a young Japanese woman." And she passed her casting test with her 43 kg weight and her 1 meter 58 centimeter build. And though she may resemble a Japanese animation character, her agent says she needs to work more on her expressions if she really wants to become a supermodel. [Shuji Kajita, Director, Humanoid Robot Engineering]: "Our robot can't move elegantly like the real models that are here today. It'll take another 20 to 30 years of research to make that happen!" But she must be doing fine since she has earned herself a $2 million contract with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
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  Japanese Robot Of The Year

  Robot scorpions, robot soccer players, and a stereo that dances - we look back at the Japanese Robot Awards 2007.
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  WowWee Femisapien Shows Her Stuff at CES 2008

  Here's a quick look at the new WowWee Femisapien robot prototype from WowWee (notice the curves!)and a new helper-bot from Fujitsu.
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  Dancing Japanese Robots

  They dance like real People! *Disclaimer I do not own this video. I found this video about five years ago on a random website and decided to post it here on youtube. But to share some info, these robots were made by Sony in Japan and these robots were showcased as samples of their latest robot technology )at the time) I hope you do enjoy this video!
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  Japanese Baseball Robots

  Japan is mixing its passion for baseball with a love of robots, creating a field of AI dreams. Researchers at Tokyo University recently developed robots that look to replicate the pitching and batting prowess of stars like Daisuke Matsuzaka and Ichiro Suzuki. With a fast-moving arm and three flexible fingers, the robot doesn't have the Boston Red Sox pitcher's speed yet at just 60 kms an hour, as researcher Taku Seno says it was designed to throw without hurting anyone in a small lab room. [Taku Seno, Research Fellow]: "The robot used to throw balls like a beginning pitcher, like a child would throw without much coordination. It was very difficult for us to make the robot throw like a baseball player. With each movement having the joints in coordination to maximize speed to its fingertips." Its three fingers are designed to open and close at least 10 times per second, meaning no knuckleballs yet. The batting robot takes just fractions of a second with the assistance of an eye sensor that processes a thousand pictures per second. [Taku Seno, Research Fellow]: "We wanted to create a robot that can move very fast unlike other robots, so we worked on accelerating the motor as well as the eye sensor movement, which is the core part of the robots." The sensor chases, detects and reads ball movement, sending a signal to the robot faster than a human, a skill that batting star Ichiro would definitely appreciate.
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  Japan high tech exhibition 2009!

  ZHANG: Moving on to Japan, where over 800 companies got to showcase their latest high-tech electronics, gadgets, and robots at an annual show in Tokyo. Let's take a look at what's turning heads. STORY: One of the most popular attractions is a robot named "Murata Girl, which is capable of riding a bicycle and a unicycle. With several positioning, motion, and shock control sensors attached to its body, the robot is capable of detecting obstacles while balancing on its own. [Shigeki Fukunaga, Robot Engineer]: "Technology and idea-wise it's simple because we just had to program the robot to balance back and forth instead sideways like we did with the bicycle-riding robot." Fukunaga says his company, Murata Manufacturing, hopes to implement the robot's technology into various electronics and vehicles in the future. They are looking to create a bicycle that never falls down and automobiles that can avoid accidents. Nissan Motors introduced their "Biomimetic Robot 23 Car," which carries various obstacle-detection and prevention sensors. [Toshiyuki Ando, Nissan Motors]: "Once it detects an obstacle, it automatically avoids it according to its speed, direction and distance, which is something we've adapted from bee's behaviors." Pioneer, the manufacturer of car stereos, plasma televisions and home theatre systems, also received a lot of attention. Their three-dimensional display called the "3D Floating Vision" is capable of reflecting all kinds of floating images that can be seen ...
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  Life-like Robot MC

  This Japanese robot (on the right) looks very human.While it is not autonomous, it does show how far researchers are progressing in tryin to make their robots look accetable to the human eye. This was recorded in a crowded room - sorry for the shortness and dstance from the subject!

• Real Life Gundam: Japanese Robot Suit (HAL)

• Japan's Robot Supermodel Hits the Runway

• Japanese Robot Of The Year

• WowWee Femisapien Shows Her Stuff at CES 2008

• Dancing Japanese Robots

• Japanese Baseball Robots

• Japan high tech exhibition 2009!

• Life-like Robot MC