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2009-09-14

World's Largest Earthquake Shake Test

Quake Simulation to Bring Safer Homes

A 40-second experiment in the Japanese city of Miki involves a seven-story wooden building placed on the world's largest shake table, and measuring its movements as its exposed to a 7.5 magnitude quake.

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The final experiment of NSF's multi-year NEESWood project, the effort tested new ways to construct buildings that can withstand severe forces of nature.

After repairs, on July 14th, the six-story wood-frame structure became the subject of the largest shake table test the world has seen to date: six stories, all-wood construction, shaken to motions from the 1994 Northridge earthquake, amplified to a level that equates to an event that occurs, on average, once every 2,500 years.

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World's Largest Earthquake Shake Table Test in Japan

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Giant Soccer-Playing Robot

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News on Japan

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The robot Ronaldo
Independent robot creator Hajime Sakamoto created the Hajime 33 robot as the latest iteration of his entry into the annual RoboCup Japan Open robot soccer tournament in Osaka, Japan. But what makes this robot special is that it shows us a slightly more sophisticated aesthetic treatment of the robot's look than what is usually found at the event.

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Japanese robot scientist unveils 2-metre long robot "Hajime 33"

Battery operated "Hajime 33" stands 2-meters tall, weighs just 20 kilograms and is just 30 centimeters wide. The humanoid robot even plays soccer with his creator Hajime Sakamoto, as long as his battery life allows. Sakamoto has created several humanoid robots.

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Japanese Child Robot CB2

Clipped from: Creepy Robot Baby CB2 | Japan Probe

A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency’s research and development team is based.

The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical, auditory and tactile sensors. Fifty-one actuators inside its body run on compressed air and enable the robot to make complex movements smoothly.

Clipped from: Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.

Clipped from: Robotic realism? — Tokyo Times

Robotic realism?

The only problem being that unlike the real thing, CB2 is neither comical nor cute – far from it in fact.The not so little fella’s freakishly real – and at the same time not real – features quite possibly putting people off having kids forever.

Although that said, his (or indeed her) loving look up at its ‘father’ is possibly enough to melt even the coldest of hearts.

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2009-03-16

Fashion Robot

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Walking, talking female robot to hit Japan catwalk

TSUKUBA, Japan: A new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms (95 pounds) to make a debut at a fashion show. But it still hasn't cleared safety standards required to share the catwalk with human models.

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A cyber sensation: World's first robotic model to star in her own fashion show

Fetchingly named HRP-4C, the humanoid has 30 motors in her body that allows her to walk and move her arms as well as eight motors on its face to create expressions like anger and surprise.

In a demonstration the robot tottered out, blinking, and said, 'Hello, everyone,' in a tiny feminine voice while its mouth moved.

The 'cybernetic human' has been designed to look like an average Japanese woman and portrays anger (L) and surprise (R)

The robot costs £150,000

2009-01-03

Gate Tower Building

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Amazing Gate Tower Building in Japan

The building has a double core construction. The Umeda Exit of the Ikeda Route of the Hanshin Expressway system passes through the fifth through seventh floors of this building. The expressway is the tenant of those floors. The elevator passes through the floors without stopping. The floors through which the highway passes consist primarily of elevators, stairways and similar things.

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The Hanshin Expressway penetrates a building 阪神高速道路梅田出口

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2008-10-15

Exoskeletons to Rent in Japan

Mass Production

Clipped from: Techtree.com India > News > Hardware > Cyberdyne To Start Mass-producing Exoskeletons

Cyberdyne To Start Mass-producing Exoskeletons
For $2,000 a month, you can be Iron Man too

Since the days of The Centurions, we have yearned for robotic exoskeletons that will enhance our abilities beyond our wildest dreams. That day is finally here. Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai of Tsukuba University has developed a Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) that will let you augment your strength to up to twice your natural abilities.

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The suit isn't up for sale, but will be rented out for around $2,000 (Rs 96,000) a month in Japan. There will also be a one-legged version, which will cost less, but also be less fun.

HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)

Clipped from: What's HAL(Hybrid Assistive Limb)? - CYBERDYNE Robot Suit HAL is a cyborg-type robot that can expand and improve physical capability.

Robot Suit HAL is a cyborg-type robot that can expand and improve physical capability.

HAL is expected to be applied in various fields such as rehabilitation support and physical training support in medical field, ADL support for disabled people, heavy labour support at factories, and rescue support at disaster sites, as well as in the entertainment field.

Clipped from: FAQ - CYBERDYNE

A: HAL is primarily developed to upgrade the existing physical capabilities of the human body.
Theoretically speaking, HAL has many other applications. Currently HAL is used by people with weakened muscles and by some people with disabilities due to stroke and/or spinal cord injury.

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2009-09-14

World's Largest Earthquake Shake Test

Quake Simulation to Bring Safer Homes

2009-07-28

Giant Soccer-Playing Robot

News on Japan

dwp robot footballer

Japanese robot scientist unveils 2-metre long robot "Hajime 33"

hajimerobot33 walk

hajimerobot33 kick

2009-04-06

Japanese Child Robot CB2

Creepy Robot Baby CB2

Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

Robotic realism?

2009-03-16

Fashion Robot

Walking, talking female robot to hit Japan catwalk

A cyber sensation: World's first robotic model to star in her own fashion show

2009-01-03

Gate Tower Building

Amazing Gate Tower Building in Japan

The Hanshin Expressway penetrates a building 阪神高速道路梅田出口

2008-10-15

Exoskeletons to Rent in Japan

Mass Production

Cyberdyne To Start Mass-producing Exoskeletons

HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb)