Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler ozeki Kotooshu poses with the wrestler siblings Chiharu (R) and Kaori (L) Icho at the Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex in Tokyo on June 26, the last day of the national wrestling championships. Kaori wrestles in the 63-kilogram class and Kaori competes in the 48-kg category. The Bulgarian sumo wrestler is 2.04 meters tall and weighs 155 kg.

New humanoid robot to tend bed-ridden patients

New humanoid robot to tend bed-ridden patients

TOKYO, Japan - A humanoid robot created by researchers at the University of Tokyo tries to move a 60-kilogram dummy on a bed at an exhibition held at the university on March 28. Yasuo Kuniyoshi, a University of Tokyo professor who is leading the robot project, says the robot, which is 155 centimeters tall and weighs around 70 kg, is capable of lifting a 30-kg weight and researchers hope one day the robot would be able to attend to bed-ridden patients.

New humanoid robot to tend bed-ridden patients

New humanoid robot to tend bed-ridden patients

TOKYO, Japan - A humanoid robot created by researchers at the University of Tokyo tries to move a 60-kilogram dummy on a bed at an exhibition held at the university on March 28. Yasuo Kuniyoshi, a University of Tokyo professor who is leading the robot project, says the robot, which is 155 centimeters tall and weighs around 70 kg, is capable of lifting a 30-kg weight and researchers hope one day the robot would be able to attend to bed-ridden patients. (Kyodo)

Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

Sumo wrestler meets female grapplers

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler ozeki Kotooshu poses with the wrestler siblings Chiharu (R) and Kaori (L) Icho at the Yoyogi Gymnasium Annex in Tokyo on June 26, the last day of the national wrestling championships. Kaori wrestles in the 63-kilogram class and Kaori competes in the 48-kg category. The Bulgarian sumo wrestler is 2.04 meters tall and weighs 155 kg. (Kyodo)