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MANOI AT01 Robot from Kyosho - Introduction Video

Kyosho, working with input and guidance from two of the top ROBO-ONE robot designers, created the MANOI AT01 humanoid athlete robot. Although it shares the same name with the more highly stylized MANOI PF01, the AT01 is all about performance and customization. Using the state of the art RCB-3 robot controller board and 4024 servos from Kondo, we found this robot to be extremely impressive, as you can see from the video below.

1st Wonderful Robot Carnival - Tokyo, Japan

The 1st Wonderful Robot Carnival, the brainchild of Ishikawa-san, took was held in early July in Tokyo. Events included a 2 meter sprint, a PET bottle pull contest, a soccer-like die shoot event, balloon survival, and much, much more. The video below is a montage of photos taken during the event and is intended to give you a small taste of what incredible fun we had that particular afternoon.

Robo-One 9: Getting Ready For Battle (Video)

The morning of the final day for the 9th Robo-One robot competition we joined the competitors upstairs as they went through their final preparations before the day’s battles began. . . 

This Robot Can Jump! (Video)

The Sugiura family is really amazing when it comes to robots. Just before the Torino Olympics the Sugiura Brothers surprised and delighted all of us with their skiing robot. Yesterday, the Sugiura Sisters put on a great show with their Kappa robot. And today, at the 9th Robo-One competition here in Tokyo, the Sugiura’s surprised everyone even more with a robot that can actually jump - on one foot!

Robot Builder Matt Bauer & His Robonova-1

Matt Bauer is rapidly becoming one of the leading Robonova robot builders in the U.S. He was kind enough to share a video with us that clearly demonstrates his skill at creating amazing karate/kung fu moves for the Robonova.

Robo-One Videos

	12/15/2005	KHR-1 is a Television Star! - The KHR-1 robot was featured on the popular Fox Channel television series "Bones"
	12/10/2005	Run Robot, Run! - OmniZero2, the Robo-One battle robot, won a 3 meter sprint competition in under six seconds.
	12/9/2005	Robo-One Grand Prix - Great Majingaa - The Great Majingaa walked away with the top prize after defeating three other battle robots.
	12/4/2005	Merry Robot Christmas! - Robo-One battle robots don Santa Claus outfits for the final competition of 2005 in Tokyo.
	12/4/2005	Nuvo Goes To College - eNuvo2 – student learning version of Nuvo shown at the IREX-2005 robotics show in Tokyo
	12/2/2005	Robonova - Up Close and Personal - Close-up video of Robonova going through his paces.
	11/28/2005	Tito Walks! - Spanish bipedal robot developed independently was featured at the November, 2005 Dorkbot Madrid meeting. Post includes three video clips of Tito in action.
	11/22/2005	Robots Battle It Out On Television - The Robo-One battle robots are so popular in Japan that a prime time television program staged a Robot Battle Gran Prix that was broadcast every week for over a month.
	11/12/2005	Robot Fever - What's Next? - Article on Robo-One, RoboNova and Robofie bipedal battle robots that includes links to websites with video clips..
	10/31/2005	Robo-One Robot Close-Up - Visit to the Tsukumo robot store headquarters in Akihabara and a video clip showing a Kondo KHR-1 robot being put through its paces.
	10/30/2005	Robosapien vs. Robo-One: Battle Video - Pete Covert's video showing what happens when one of the Japanese Robo-One battle robots goes head to head against the original Robosapien.
	10/29/2005	Here's One That Will Blow Your Socks Off - Video of the Great Majinga Robo-One robot balancing on one foot, bending over to pick up a ball, balancing it on the edge of his sword, then sending it soaring across the room.
	10/28/2005	Robo-One Video Clips - 7th Competition - Links to several videos including matches between TAEKWON-V vs. Yokozuna Great, Great Majingaa vs. MYRO 3, Great Majingaa vs. TAEKWON-V, and the Big Rumble.
	10/24/2005	Robot Ballet - The Robonova robot will be released in mid-November, and the promotional videos make its performance look just like a robot ballet.
	10/24/2005	Zap! Pow! Slam! - Controlling a Robo-One Robot - Article and video explaining a very unique harness control system used by the Great Majingaa Robo-One robot.
	10/21/2005	Robo-One Demonstrations - The opening ceremonies for every major Robo-One competition always include really interesting demonstrations of their abilities including walking up a flight of stairs, doing push-ups, etc..
	10/1/2005	MANOI - Press Conference - The MANOI bipedal robot was introduced to the Japanese media a press conference in late September.