“Robo Cafe” in Osaka
OSAKA, JAPAN: Humanoid robots “nuvo” dance on a table while cleaner robot “Rumba” vacuums off dust on the table during a preview of the world’s first “Robo Cafe” in Osaka …. Visitors can have light meals including alcohol and enjoy playing with robots at the cafe which will open 11 October.
“Robo Cafe” (ãƒãƒœã‚«ãƒ•ã‚§) where robots play with the drunk men and women.
Still I’d go the to Robo Cafe if it was in Tokyo. It would be 100,000 times more cost effective than buying one of these toy robots. I have learned that entertainment robots aren’t any fun after the first 20 minutes…. Consuming alcohol with giggling Japanese girls would greatly enhance the robots’ entertainment value. From fooling around with an Aibo at work, I’ve noticed that even the engineers preferred playing around a homemade cardboard Aibo better than the “real” Aibo robot. The fake cardboard Aibo had a lot more character.
Oddly “Robo Cafe” in Osaka has nothing to do with the Japanese website “Robocafe.com” which has been running robotically without many human posts since 2000.
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October 6th, 2005 at 1:57 am
What is the address for this cafe?
October 11th, 2005 at 4:59 pm
The office of the Robo-Cafe and the actual cafe may be two different places ….so call or email first before going to the address below:
Some English without maps
http://www.gyrowalk.com/index_e.html
GYROWALK Inc.info@gyrowalk.com / WEB http://www.gyrowalk.com
Dakota House 2F, 1-23-30, Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka, JAPAN
TEL 81-6-6444-8808 / FAX 81-6-6444-8807
E-MAIL
Maps and stuff in Japanese for the Robo-Cafe
http://www.gyrowalk.com
May 9th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Robot stores marching ahead in Osaka
The Yomiuri Shimbun, May. 8, 2006
Popular demand has prompted two Osaka robot specialty shops to expand and upgrade their stock, suggesting that the city’s efforts to boost the local economy through the robot industry might be paying off.
One of the shops, Robo Cafe in Nishi Ward, allows patrons to use and play with the robots in the store. It was reopened on April 29 after renovations.
Prior to its reopening, the shop displayed about 450 types of robots, such as tin toys, pet robots, and fighter robots in its 60-square-meter showroom.
In response to customer requests, it removed dining tables from the cafe section of the shop and increased the types of robots on display to about 650. ....more...