'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) and Tetsuo Agata, president of auto parts maker JTEKT Corp., pose with the symbolic "Awa Odori" hand gesture in announcing the "Awa Odori robot Sudachi-kun" (C) at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on Aug. 1, 2014. The 160-centimeter-tall, bipedal robot will perform during the Awa Odori summer dance festival beginning Aug. 12.

Multilingual guide robot at Tokyo Tower

Multilingual guide robot at Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Television City Corp., the operator of Tokyo Tower, inaugurates a new robot capable of providing information in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean on the tower's observation deck on Aug. 1, 2012. The 160-centimeter-tall barrel shaped robot, which weighs 200 kilograms, does the rounds of the second floor of the 150-meter-high deck and tells visitors what they can see below.

Institute develops robot that can pose like fashion model

Institute develops robot that can pose like fashion model

KOBE, Japan - A robot developed by the Robot Research Institute at the New Industry Research Organization imitates a pose taken by a woman. The 160-centimeter robot can assume human-like postures by simultaneous control of its 16 joints used for limbs, neck, waist and other body parts. The institute hopes the robot will be used for fashion and other promotional events after its metal frame is furnished with polyethylene sheets to give it a human-like look.

Institute develops robot that can pose like fashion model

Institute develops robot that can pose like fashion model

KOBE, Japan - A robot developed by the Robot Research Institute at the New Industry Research Organization imitates a pose taken by a woman. The 160-centimeter robot can assume human-like postures by simultaneous control of its 16 joints used for limbs, neck, waist and other body parts. The institute hopes the robot will be used for fashion and other promotional events after its metal frame is furnished with polyethylene sheets to give it a human-like look. (Kyodo)

'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) and Tetsuo Agata, president of auto parts maker JTEKT Corp., pose with the symbolic "Awa Odori" hand gesture in announcing the "Awa Odori robot Sudachi-kun" (C) at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on Aug. 1, 2014. The 160-centimeter-tall, bipedal robot will perform during the Awa Odori summer dance festival beginning Aug. 12. (Kyodo)