The other day, I made some posts about “the world’s first bipedal robot full marathon” on the JAPAN Style Facebook page. And today, I would like to write about it…

  One of the popular genres in Nico Nico Douga is “Jinriki Vocaloid,” which means “Man-Power Vocaloid” in English, and it is kind of like a collage of voice.　It is…

Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, who is famous for developing Geminoid HI-1 and Geminoid F, revealed that his team is developing “Geminoid cell-phone” that enables the user to…

  Japan-born Robot Suit HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) is a new type robot which strengthens the physical functions of human, and detects the wearer’s will by capturing bioelectric potential signals…

  This beautiful humanoid girl got talent! She can sing and dance!     Her name is “HRP-4C” or stage name “Mimu (pronounced Meemu),” and she has got media’s attentions at…

  An IT and electronics exhibition, CEATEC JAPAN 2010 has been held this week at Makuharimesse, in Mihama-ku, Chiba City, [W:Chiba Prefecture]. Various robots from both Japan and overseas are…

  Panasonic Corporation has developed a “Washing Hair Robot,” which washes hair with the most suitable pressure on each scalp shape. The developer aims to release in 2012 for nursing…

    This samurai robot works at a Japanese restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, “HAJIME,” which just opened three months ago. The robot was made by a Japanese company, Yasukawa Electric…

  JAPAN Style has introduced different types of Japanese robots such as singing robot, humanlike robot, and jumping robot. Just like other robot, this TOYOTA robot has a special talent,…

    May 16, a robot played a role of representative of witnesses for a wedding ceremony in Chiyoda, Tokyo. This is the world first robot which ministered wedding ceremony….

Saturday, Japanese researchers that led by Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, unveiled their new humanoid robot, Geminoid F, which mimics a person’s facial expressions. The video shows the…