Japan Inc admits their robots are crap
Oh Buddha, I sound like a broken record (WOTS a record?) about the never-ending procession of “new” Japanese robots that don’t do anything. However, NEDO, Japan’s quasi-governmental thinktank for robots is now admitting that a Stalinesque 5-Year Plan is needed for “practical” applications of robots with goals for a fake Roomba the size of a small refrigerator and a faux-Segway that’s much slower.
Japan Promotes Practical Application of Home-use
Aug. 5, 2009 –Tech-On Nikkei
NEDO, an independent administrative institution in Japan, announced Aug 3, 2009, the outlines of the “Home-use Robot Practical Application Project,” which will be carried out for five years from fiscal 2009.
The goals of this project are to promote the commercialization of home-use robots, whose market is smaller than that for industrial robots, and to develop safety technologies and standards, which have been major issues…more…
The photos above and on the right are of the Actroid fembot from my previous 3Yen report, My Girl in Tokyo. Other 3Yen reports on Japan’s fake robot boom include:
–Creating two-legged robots that cannot perform any useful function is a waste of money
–Robot damp dreams
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August 6th, 2009 at 3:33 am
I insist…face of current humanoids robot get the creeps out of me…. better than the robot are crap….the face is 1000X crappier….
August 6th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Oh cum on now.
The sales of otaku “figurines” in Japan is much greater than the sales of the “Seat for Couples” in movie theaters.
It is kind of obvious what these Japanese engineers are trying to design, ha, ha.
Humanoid robot can make facial expression (www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-09)
Mo’ betta’….
August 6th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
This one looks as bad as the face of MJ in his latest year of decadence…
now i’ll have nightmare tonight T_T