The prototype revealed in Japan is the first of what the Silicon Valley startup promises will be countless automated battery exchange stations that will one day dot our cities. The technology will make it possible to travel long distances in an EV without the hassle of stopping to recharge your battery, company founder and CEO Shai Agassi said.
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Panasonic has revealed a strange new cleaning robot at the recent Tokyo Fiber Senseware expo in Milan.
The robot is wrapped in Nanofront, a special polyester cloth based on nanofibers, developed by Teijin, Ltd.
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The girlie-faced humanoid with slightly oversized eyes, a tiny nose and a shoulder length hair boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models.
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Soon to be inducted in Yokohama’s fire department is this robotic crawler which is designed to carry a human from the disaster zone to safety.
Japan’s leading robot engineer has called for the development of a standardized robot based on an open-source operating system in order to kick-start the mass production of humanoid robots.
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According to this supposed GameStop daily newsletter, the Ds Lite Onyx handheld has been discontinued.
When it comes to pouring beer, nothing beats Asahi’s “Refrigerator RoBot “.
Kintore-Z is a robot designed to compete in Japan’s Baca RoboCup (baka means “fooolish” or “stupid” in Japanese).
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