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"Rodem" robotic mobility aids

Photo taken in Kyoto on Jan. 17, 2024, shows "Rodem" robotic mobility aids, developed by Tmsuk Co., a startup based in the western Japan city.

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"Rodem" robotic mobility aids

Photo taken in Kyoto on Jan. 17, 2024, shows "Rodem" robotic mobility aids, developed by Tmsuk Co., a startup based in the western Japan city.

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"Rodem" robotic mobility aids

Photo taken in Kyoto on Jan. 17, 2024, shows "Rodem" robotic mobility aids, developed by Tmsuk Co., a startup based in the western Japan city.

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Electric wheelchair

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 27 Kyodo - A woman rides tmsuk co.'s electric wheelchair robot "Rodem," which is ridden from behind, in Kyoto, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017.

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Housesitter robot to be launched in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Robot developing company tmsuk Co. has began taking orders for a housesitter robot named Roborior (in photo), which can be wirelessly controlled via a mobile phone from a remote place, at a price of 294,000 yen per unit. The Kitakyushu-based company exhibited the robot at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi to solicit orders ahead of its planned launch in September. It aims to sell about 3,000 units of the 26-centimeter-high robot weighing 3.25 kilograms.

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Biped robot capable of carrying man developed

TOKYO, Japan - A bipedal, chair-shaped robot developed by Waseda University and Fukuoka Prefecture robotics firm tmsuk Co. carries a model at the university in Tokyo on Nov. 21. The robot, which is 1.2 meters tall and weighs 60 kilograms, can walk at a speed of about 1 kilometer per hour.

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(1)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese robot makers are aiming to create big business by capitalizing on the ''birthday'' April 7, 2003 of cartoon character Tetsuwan Atom, known as Astro Boy in English. ''Banryu,'' a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot developed by Sanyo Electric Co. and venture firm tmsuk Co., roars and flashes its eyes green when spotting a suspicious person as it ''patrols'' a room and also contacts its owner's cellular phone.

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Sanyo unveils security robots

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. unveils two models of a prototype security robot March 25. The robots, jointly developed with venture business Tmsuk Inc., have a built-in sound sensor enabling users to control their moves via mobile phone and a built-in camera to capture images of their surroundings.

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Sanyo unveils security robots

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. unveils two models of a prototype security robot March 25. The robots, jointly developed with venture business Tmsuk Inc., have a built-in sound sensor enabling users to control their moves via mobile phone and a built-in camera to capture images of their surroundings.

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Dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot

TOKYO, Japan - Venture firm tmsuk Co. and Sanyo Electric Co. have jointly developed a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot nicknamed ''Banryu'' and say they will take orders from Dec. 1. The robot will be sold at under $16,500 each. Banryu, unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 6, will let an owner check on what is happening in an empty house from outside via a mobile phone. (Kyodo)

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Housesitter robot to be launched in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Robot developing company tmsuk Co. has began taking orders for a housesitter robot named Roborior (in photo), which can be wirelessly controlled via a mobile phone from a remote place, at a price of 294,000 yen per unit. The Kitakyushu-based company exhibited the robot at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi to solicit orders ahead of its planned launch in September. It aims to sell about 3,000 units of the 26-centimeter-high robot weighing 3.25 kilograms. (Kyodo)

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Electric wheelchair

A woman rides tmsuk co.'s electric wheelchair robot "Rodem," which is ridden from behind, in Kyoto, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Biped robot capable of carrying man developed

TOKYO, Japan - A bipedal, chair-shaped robot developed by Waseda University and Fukuoka Prefecture robotics firm tmsuk Co. carries a model at the university in Tokyo on Nov. 21. The robot, which is 1.2 meters tall and weighs 60 kilograms, can walk at a speed of about 1 kilometer per hour. (Kyodo)

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(1)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese robot makers are aiming to create big business by capitalizing on the ''birthday'' April 7, 2003 of cartoon character Tetsuwan Atom, known as Astro Boy in English. ''Banryu,'' a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot developed by Sanyo Electric Co. and venture firm tmsuk Co., roars and flashes its eyes green when spotting a suspicious person as it ''patrols'' a room and also contacts its owner's cellular phone. (Kyodo)