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Toyota Reveals A Humanoid Robot That Can Run

Posted by timothy on from the let's-not-say-who-can-run-yet dept.

Peter writes "Toyota researchers have unveiled a new humanoid robot that can run at 7 km/h, which is faster than Honda's humanoid robot ASIMO. Toyota's robot can also keep itself balanced when pushed, as shown in the video."

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  1. Re:One step closer to robot world domination by wrf3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've heard it's due to demographic pressure and xenophobia. The Japanese birthrate is declining and they don't like foreigners. With fewer workers and no outside source they have to increasingly mechanize their factories.