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Robodex 2003 Shows Robots Ready for Work & Play

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-into-the-future dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Robodex 2003 was held last week in Yokohama, Japan. At this show 38 companies, colleges and other organizations introduced more than 90 different types of robot. Many were designed to handle tasks too dangerous for humans and assist people in their daily lives. In this column, you'll find a selection of articles and short quotes about this trade show which attracted about 70,000 visitors. I also built my own Robodex 2003 Fashion Show (the whole page weighs 172KB). You'll find there pictures of many new robots, including Banryu, developed by Tmsuk, Inc., which will control your home while you're away, Doki, the world's first gender-aware robot, built by Intelligent Earth, from Scotland, or the Comet III, a one ton mine-clearance robot from Chiba University. There are also pictures of new machines from Sony, Mitsubishi or Fujitsu among others."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i win, you lose

  2. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post.... YAY ME!

  3. links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this slashdot posting contains links to an article that essentially only contains links to other articles .. granted the articles are interesting but why not link to them directly .. if all slashdot posts linked to slashdotesque sites we would have no need for slashdot ..

  4. Chiba Huh? by LordChaos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's about time something other that gun runners and trode hackers came out of Chiba City.
    Oh, wait, I'm in the wrong universe.
    My mistake. /me needs less Cyberpunk

  5. Haiku by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing in season
    that is vanish nor reason
    your assinine hobbies