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by Taro Toporific » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:30 pm
by Taro Toporific » Tue May 09, 2006 10:03 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...
Taro Toporific wrote:
AFP/Getty Images, 30 September 2005
OSAKA, JAPAN: Humanoid robots "nuvo" dance on a table while cleaner robot "Rumba" vacums off dust on the table during a preview of the world's first "Robo Cafe" in Osaka .... Visitors can have light meals including alchohol and enjoy playing with robots at the cafe...
by Taro Toporific » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:30 am
Taro Toporific wrote:The same company has now opened the Japan’]"first"[/URL] robot museum....[INDENT] Japan’s first robot museum in October
Tokyo, Aug 24 (DPA) --[/INDENT]
by F_O_R_E_X » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:42 pm
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