Child-robot

Two years ago, the Japanese scientists-robotehniki have presented to the world «the Robot-child with a biometric body». Today they inform us on the break made since then: their "child" has found ability to develop social skills, that is to study to live in a society, being guided on emotion of surrounding people. In a word, all as usual children.

Models it's dismissed, and robots it is invited

The robot which problem consists in demonstration of collections of the Japanese fashion designers has been presented to Tokyo. The robot is made in the form of the graceful girl-model, with extremely smooth and accurate features reminding heroes of animated style anime.

In the robot there are 42 individual motors, they and give that to movement of the robot to plastic. HRP-4C Has 153 sm in height, 43 kgs of weight (with storage batteries) and it is made on an image of the young Japanese girl.

While the robot is accessible only in the demonstration purposes, plans of sales in foreseeable prospect at the Japanese engineers are absent. On March, 23rd HRP-4C also debuts on Tokyo fashion-show. Robot working out cost about 200 million yens or 2 million dollars.

The next generation of space explorers

Robotic systems continue to evolve, slowly penetrating many areas of our lives, from manufacturing, medicine and remote exploration to entertainment, security and personal assistance.
Developers in Japan are currently building robots to assist the elderly, while NASA develops the next generation of space explorers, and artists are exploring new avenues of entertainment.
Collected here are a handful of images of our recent robotic past, and perhaps a glimpse into the near future.