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Hello Kitty Robot

Hello Kitty, one of the most popular and instantly recognized  characters in the world, is also a fully functional robot sold in Japan. Capable of interaction, including voice recognition and response, the Hello Kitty robot is a best seller.

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.

VECNA Robotics BEAR Robot Rescues People On The Battlefield

When someone is injured on the battlefield rescue can be a huge problem. Often the people trying to reach and retract the injured individual are exposed to combat and run the risk of becoming injured themselves. VECNA Robotics developed a unique robot named BEAR that features high mobility yet resembles a human being to a large extent. Their robot may be the solution to reduce secondary battlefield casualties. At the same time, it's definitely advancing the state of the art for modern military robotics.

Hello Kitty Robot Video

Hello Kitty is famous the world over. In Japan they sell a Hello Kitty robot that can actually interact with people and has a fairly large vocabulary of words the robot recognizes.

When the robot was first introduced the sales price was around USD$5,000, but recently they have been seen on sale for under half that price. Some companies are working on modifications to the robot so that it can be used in place of a company lobby receptionist or greeter.

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!

Robosapien Takedown

It's interesting to speculate who would win a match between a Robo-One robot like the Robonova and a Robosapien. Matt Bauer, who has both robots, thinks he knows how it would turn out.

Robopet Bloopers

Robots, like children, are sometimes hard to manage. They tend to do unexpected things, at just the wrong moment - like when you're trying to show them off to an admiring audience. Our Robopet robot has a real tendency to get into surprising situations . . .

Lightening Fast Line Follower Robots

We are always surprised and amazed at how fast some of the robots here in Japan can move. We captured some of the entries in the November, 2005 competition on video so that you can see for yourself.

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.

Robot Video Directory

Image	Link	Description
	Micromouse Videos	Micromouse competition videos - primarily from Japanese contests including the All Japan events
	Other Robot Videos	Everything wierd and wonderful about robots that doesn't fit into any other category including NUVO, Walkie Bits, Hello Kitty robot, Mr. Soccer, and others.
	Robo-One Battle Robot Videos	Articles and videos from Japanese competitions, overseas exhibitions, and related robots in action.
	Robopet Videos	WowWee Robopet robot – put through its paces.
	Roboraptor Videos	WowWee Roboraptor robot – everything from a simple video of its nose sensors to long exploration and demonstration videos.
	Robosapien Videos	WowWee Robosapien robots in action!
	Robot Sumo Videos	Robot Sumo competition videos - mainly recorded at competitions in Japan

Robosapien Videos

	12/11/2005	Robo News Video Wins Award - Kelvin Read produced and directed an award winning video “Robo News” featuring the Robosapien and his pals.
	11/28/2005	Scott's RSV2 Videos - Twelve excellent Robosapien V2 videos including one longer clip featuring interaction between the robot and Robopet.
	11/24/2005	Robosapien V2 Sightings - Two video clips from "tf2psycho" demonstrating some of the V2 robot's humorous behavior in action.
	10/23/2005	Robosapien V2 and Robotpet - Evolutionshops.com (France) video showing the interaction between the Robosapien V2 robot and the Robopet..
	10/10/2005	Robosapien V2 at Robonexus - William Cox, the publisher of GoRobotics.net, captured a great video of the new Robosapien V2 doing his stuff at the Robonexus convention.

Miscellaneous Robot Videos

	12/15/2005	WhiteGoat - Research Robot With Practical Application - a very unique robot with 8 legs that can move sideways rapidly while running.
	12/14/2005	Article on PC-Watch Asimo Coverage - includes links to the PC-Watch Asimo press release articles and instructions on how to find the Asimo videos
	12/14/2005	Asimo Runs Rings Around You - The latest Asimo robot developed by Honda not only runs, it can run while turning corners.. . . .
	12/12/2005	Walkie Bits Robot Turtles Rock! - The cute little turtle robots from Takara turned out to be even more fun than we expected.. . . .
	12/7/2005	Robot Bugs - Wonder Borg - Young Japanese robot experimentors develop their skills building robot bugs . . . .
	12/5/2005	Pacman - The Rest of the Story - Pacman and Micromouse were born just over 25 years ago, and share a lot of the same history. Namco built a huge Pacman game to celebrate. . . .
	12/4/2005	Taking Your Robot For A Walk - Japanese robot dog that followed its master around the IREX-2005 robotics show in Tokyo.
	12/1/2005	Walkie Bits on Video - Walkie Bits - the really cute robot turtles from Takara - are starting to show up in videos online.
	12/1/2005	Micromouse or Micro-Bantha? - One of the most interesting and unusual robot designs at the All Japan Micromouse Contest was this quadruped walking mouse.
	11/27/2005	NUVO Robot in Action - The NUVO robot captured doing its thing – walking, taking a video, and swinging its handless arms around in the air. . .
	11/27/2005	CAM-10 Robot vs. Austin the Dog - We wanted to see if even the simplest robot would fool our dog into thinking it was alive. Well, we found out. . .
	11/26/2005	Hello Kitty Robot - At a Tokyo trade show the Hello Kitty robot tried to entertain and engage attendees. The one minute video clip shows Hello Kitty singing, flashing lights, and moving its arms.
	11/24/2005	Leave It To Roll-Oh - Delightful 9 minute video on the future of robotics and robots in everyday use that was produced for the 1940 New York Worlds Fair..
	11/2/2005	Japanese Robots Play American Football - Article about Japanese robots playing a highly modified game of American football with links to game videos.
	10/30/2005	Mr. Soccer: Robot soccer set - Demonstration video of the Mr. Soccer set robots including a discussion of how the robot mechanicals operate, and why it probably isn't a good hacking platform.
	10/27/2005	Just A Song And Dance Man ... Robot - Video links showing the Sony QRIO robot doing dance routinues (3 min. 26 sec.); walking, running, and hopping (1 min. 36 sec.).
	10/21/2005	ASIMO Dances With School Kids - ASIMO, the famous HONDA bipedal robot does road shows in Japan to encourage parents to buy new cars.
	10/17/2005	Job Interview - 2010 - Robot development is advancing so fast that by 2010 the typical job interview will look like this - but which one of them is doing the hiring?.

Micromouse Videos

	12/1/2005	Micromouse or Micro-Bantha? - One of the most interesting and unusual robot designs at the All Japan Micromouse Contest was this quadruped walking mouse.
	11/30/2005	David Otten Interview - David has been involved in micromouse competitions almost from the very beginning. This video interview took place during the 26th All Japan Micromouse Contest held in Tokyo, November, 2005
	11/30/2005	BR3S - 26th All Japan Micromouse Expert Class Winner - Developed by Yin Hsiang Ting of Singapore, this mouse walked away with the top prize.
	11/30/2005	Ng Beng Kiat's MIN4A in Japan - The master returns to the All Japan Micromouse Contest, and captures second place with an outstanding performance.
	11/04/2005	Foriegn Competitors Can Win In Japan - Article on non-Japanese micromouse competitors winning competitions in Japan. Includes links to winning runs.
	11/01/2005	Micromouse or Race Car? - Article on the advanced, 6-wheeled micromouse design used by some Japanese competitors. Includes links to competition videos.
	10/13/2005	All Japan Micromouse Contest - 2004 - Video clips from the 25th annual competition held in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Robopet Videos

	11/23/2005	Robopet Linkages - Robopet uses some really creative linkage design for its legs coupled with a body twisting motion to simulate a walk that is pretty amazing.
	11/22/2005	My Puppy Has No Knees! - the Robopet robot manages to simulate walking, jumping, sitting up and begging, rocking back and forth, to the point that it really resembles a real dog. Yet its legs have no knees or ankle joints.
	11/20/2005	Robopet Edge Detection - the Robopet has limited edge detection capability. This article and video give a good overview of what happens when the Robopet approaches the edge of a table.
	11/20/2005	Teaching A New Dog New Tricks - Demo of the Robopet showing off many of its tricks along with an article that gives some hints about how to control the robot.
	11/20/2005	Robopet Voice Control - Robert successfully expanded the Robosapien Dance Machine software so that it will be able to control the Robopet using your voice. The new capability isn't released yet (11/20/2005), but Robert has posted a video showing how it will work.
	11/13/2005	Stupid Robopet Tricks - short video showing some Robopet tricks and moves, and the difficulty of getting it to repeat moves consistently.
	11/9/2005	Robopet Movements - One minute videoclip by Matthais Matting with good closeup views of the Robopet motion and ability to stand back up.
	10/23/2005	Robosapien V2 and Robotpet - Evolutionshops.com (France) video showing the interaction between the Robosapien V2 robot and the Robopet..

Roboraptor Videos

	11/16/2005	Roboraptor - Basic Moves - Short video clip showing the basic Roboraptor moves and sounds. [via Game Watch – Japan]
	11/16/2005	Roboraptor - Lower Jaw - Shows the Roboraptors reaction when you touch its lower jaw. [via Game Watch – Japan]
	11/16/2005	Roboraptor - Mouth Switch - Shows the Roboraptors reaction when you touch the switch in the roof of its mouth. [via Game Watch – Japan]
	10/21/2005	Roboraptor -Nose Sensors - The Roboraptor's nose hides IR sensors that tell it when any obstacle or person is close. It turns out that video cameras are sensitive to IR and you can capture the flashing sensors with your camera.
	10/19/2005	Exploring Roboraptor's Moods - Roboraptor has three distinct moods, and behaves quite differently in each mood, but a little exploration with a video camera quickly gives you a feel for what it's all about.
	10/16/2005	Cats Are Smarter Than Dogs - Roboraptor fooled our dog into thinking it was alive, but it sure didn't fool Carl's cat.
	10/10/2005	Roboraptor Roaming - We took our Roboraptor upstairs, turned on the video camera, put him into roaming mode, and followed him around watching the fun.
	10/10/2005	Roboraptor vs. Austin the Dog - Roboraptor tries to capture Austin's favorite toy. Of course Austin starts barking, which attracts the robot making him go after Austin. . .

Robot Sumo Videos

	10/10/2005	All Japan Robot Sumo - Kanto Finals 2005 - Robot sumo in Japan is a very serious, competitive sport. These particular video clips were taken during the Kanto regional finals building up to the 2005 national event this December..
	10/9/2005	All Japan Robot Sumo - Kanto Finals - First Videos - A short video clip that shows how serious the Japanese competitions can be.