Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:06:00 AM | by v-nihill
Rise of the machines
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A robot produced by the electrical engineering department of National Taiwan University mimics human facial expressions.
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A demonstration of the HRP-4C humanoid robot in Tokyo.
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A man looks at the HRP-4C Miim humanoid robot.
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Can you tell which one is the android? (It's the one on the left.)
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Students touch a humanoid robot named Saya.
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A combination photo shows the humanoid robot Saya's facial expressions. She is showing, from left, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust and fear.
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Zou Ren Ti, founder of Xian Superman Sculpture Research Council, poses beside his look-alike robot.
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Humanoid robot Actroid DER is on display at the Asia Robot Dream Exhibition in Hong Kong in 2006.
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A reception robot named Actroid greets visitors at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagoya, Japan, in 2005.
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A humanoid robot named Kansei — "sensibility" in Japanese — makes a facial expression depicting "happiness" in Tokyo.
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Actor Branch Worsham performs during a rehearsal of the musical "Robots" in Servion, Switzerland.
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A man demonstrates a Hybrid Assistive Limb in Tokyo.
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Topio the robot plays pingpong in Tokyo.
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NASA's robot, Astronaut Assistant Robonaut 2, is displayed in Houston.
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A man demonstrates the Independent Walk Assist in Tokyo. The robot, mounted onto a paralyzed leg, helps the knee bend to facilitate natural walking.
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Honda's second version of the humanoid robot Asimo climbs a flight of stairs in Barcelona.
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A robot assists shoppers in Kyoto, Japan.
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A robot mimics a woman's actions in Tokyo.
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A robot made from a London bus does push-ups. The bus was on display during the London 2012 Olympics.
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This robot prunes vines at French vineyards.
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A giant mechanical spider walks along the waterfront in Yokohama, Japan.
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Justin, a humanoid robot, catches a ball.
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This robot is designed to be capable of learning.
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A robot called Talk Host performs in Hong Kong.
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The ViBot is 1 mm in diameter and will eventually be used to deliver a targeted dose of medication to a tumor in a lung or clear a blockage in the brain.
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Robots build Audi A4 in Ingolstadt, Germany.
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Visitors touch a robot in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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HUBO, the humanoid robot, throws out the first pitch before a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs in Philadelphia.
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A humanoid robot is displayed in Milan.
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A researcher walks with a robot called Denise in Delft, Netherlands.
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Hitachi's humanoid robot Emiew is demonstrated in Tokyo.
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A child talks to a robot in Tokyo.
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Humanoid robot Seisaku-kun pedals a bicycle up an incline in Tokyo.
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Robots help customers at the Robot Kitchen restaurant in Hong Kong.
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This tiny robot can play soccer.
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Robovox can read mobile phone text messages aloud.
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The Banryu home utility robot can phone its owner if it detects unusual sounds, smells or heat as well as transmit real-time video and sound.
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Children pose with Probo, the "intelligent huggable" robot, in Brussels.
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A robot stacks blocks during a demonstration in Tokyo.
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A robot carries a basketball in Seoul.
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Humanoid robot HRP-2 washing dishes during a demonstration in Tokyo.
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A robot lifts a basket in Tokyo.
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The HRP-4C humanoid robot Miim models a wedding dress.
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Students of the Nippon Institute of Technology look at a humanoid robot.
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Children sit on a rickshaw pulled by a robot made by farmer Wu Yulu in Beijing.
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Robots play soccer on a miniature field in Singapore.
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A visitor waves in front of the sensor that triggers the joints of a dummy that is part of "PWM1," an art installation in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Murata Seiko-chan displays its unicycle riding skills near Tokyo.
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Models dance with the humanoid robot NAO in Bangkok.
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Autom is a weight-loss coach robot.
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Roppie the robot plays a game of tic-tac-toe in Taipei, Taiwan.
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A robot in a traditional Taiwanese costume dances in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Humanoid robots dance during a demonstration in Taipei, Taiwan.
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A woman demonstrates the use of Patient Transfer Assist robot in Tokyo.
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A man adjusts a pole dancing robot in Hanover, Germany.
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Cabaret dances are peformed by robots that look like women at the Robot Restaurant in Tokyo.
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Sega's Wappy Dog can be controlled with an Apple iPhone.
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Honda's Asimo robot opens a bottle in Tokyo.
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Robots are displayed at Innorobo fair in Lyon, France.
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Robots dance in China.
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Murata Manufacturing president Tsuneo Murata poses with his company's bicycle-riding robot Murata Seisaku-kun.
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A combination photo shows the humanoid robot Saya's facial expressions. She is showing, from left, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust and fear.