"Ubiquitous Robot Companions"

[Taro Toporific]

Does the world need wireless robots?
THE FEATURE, via Boing Boing: Wednesday, January 19, 2005
...the project, which is part of a larger "Ubiquitous Robot Companion" initiative, is being spearheaded by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which also plans to put 100 domestic robots into houses in the next couple of year...

[Captain Japan]

Korea says Japan dumps industrial robots
Asia Times

SEOUL - The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) issued a preliminary ruling Wednesday that robots from Japanese industrial robot manufacturers are being dumped at unfair prices.

The commission under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy also asked the Finance Ministry to levy provisional anti-dumping duties on those products until ongoing investigations are concluded.

Under the preliminary ruling, robot imports from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd, Nachi Robotics, Yaskawa Electric Corp and Fanuc Ltd will face antidumping duties equivalent to the dumping margins ranging from 8.76% to 19.48%....the rest...

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Wakamaru Makes the Robot Dream a Reality

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Wakamaru Makes the Robot Dream a Reality

Mitsubishi Heavy eyes commercializing humanoid robot
japantoday > technology, Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 07:39 JST
TOKYO --- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said Wednesday it plans to commercialize the Wakamaru humanoid robot, possibly within this year, as the company has now formed an alliance on the business with seven firms....

[IkemenTommy]

Wakamaru Makes the Robot Dream a Reality

Mitsubishi Heavy eyes commercializing humanoid robot
japantoday > technology, Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 07:39 JST
TOKYO --- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said Wednesday it plans to commercialize the Wakamaru humanoid robot, possibly within this year, as the company has now formed an alliance on the business with seven firms....

This thing probably has a mind of it's own and starts exploding without any prior warning.