[Tyler]

Robotopia Rising and other Hyper Culture
     

John Palmisano of the Society
of Robots website writes, "In February 2008, I had an opportunity
to go check out the Japan! Culture + Hyper Culture event at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC. Being a center of the arts, the center had
tons of Japanese performances and art displays for two weeks . . . and
since the event is Japanese related, they also had robotics
demonstrations events called Robotopia Rising! This is what I'll report
on." John's
Robotopia Rising Report includes video of interesting
Japanese robots and androids, several of which we've covered here in the
past such as the Kokoro
Actroid, the Toyota
Partner Robot, the Mitsubishi Wakamaru, the
Honda Asimo (which malfunctioned at this demonstration), the i-SOBOT, and others.
   

http://robots.net/article/2470.html