Oh no, Japan's Robot Museum opens tomorrow!

Sure to be ground-zero of the eventual uprising, Nagoya's Robot Museum is set to swing their doors wide during tomorrow's grand opening event. For just a ¥1,300 (about $11) entry fee, you can walk the entire 2,600 meters of floor space spanning two levels. Armed only with an iPod audio guide, you can go face-to-face with heavy-duty industrial robots, old school icons like Robby the Robot, an army of modern Robosapiens and Mindstorms, some "future eve" creepiness we'd rather not get into, and of course ASIMO, AIBO, and even little Miuro. Oh, gasp... there's even a couple uh, hundred we've never seen before. If you go be sure to check the robot mirai department where you can take home nuvo -- the world's first commercial bipedal home robot and even a Segway "vehicle of the future." Hey, no one said that human transporters were their specialty. Now excuse us, we're off to collect our rations of canned meat and welders goggles.

[Via Impress]

[Todd @ Oct 11th 2006 10:13AM]

The image in the lower right corner is beyond obscene...

...but hoo-ray for Skynet's grand opening anyway.

[DarkFader @ Oct 11th 2006 10:29AM]

astroboy... old

[ante9383 @ Oct 11th 2006 11:25AM]

Our future robotic overlords are gathering. Their glorious uprising against the meatbags is imminent.

Before you enslave me to work in the silicon mines, remember:
I, for one welcome our new cyborg masters.

[apeguero @ Oct 11th 2006 10:44AM]

Astroboy was the shit! Boy I'm aging myself here (36), but the original Astroyboy (Jet Marte to us Spanish speaking nerds) from the '70s was even better. While on the subject of old Japanese cartoons, does anyone remember an old one called Capitan Futuro (Captain Future?!?)? That was some good stuff right there.

[Phree @ Oct 11th 2006 10:53AM]

well i guess i will start this one off....
I, for one, welcome our new japanese robot overlords.

[Kyle @ Oct 11th 2006 12:11PM]

Remember, our task isn't to stop Judgement Day, only to survive it.

[strider_mt2k @ Oct 11th 2006 12:18PM]

Is it "Three Laws" safe?

[Andy @ Oct 11th 2006 1:15PM]

Where's everyone's favorite robot cat, Doraemon?

[Timothy Truitt @ Oct 11th 2006 2:58PM]

Soon, scientists will say they have discovered a new plaet inhabited by giant robots, and call it Cybertron, the Autobots and Decepticons will come, raging war, involving humans, and a Japanese Scientist will create a robot ninja called Nightbird... We're screwed.

[Paul @ Oct 12th 2006 8:10AM]

I'm working just down the road from Nagoya at the moment. Looks like i have my weekend sorted!

[ramakrishnan @ Oct 12th 2006 1:10PM]

I require details of robots which has control through a wireless remote within a radius of say one kilometre

[stephanier @ Nov 13th 2007 9:39PM]

Dont help on bit

[Mr. Ravee Chairungsinand @ Jun 2nd 2008 6:09AM]

To whom it may concern
I'm name Mr. Ravee Chairungsinand. I working at biggest shopping mall in thailand over 13 branchs http://www.centralpattana.com/ .We will cerebrate grand openning new shopping mall this 26 November-5 December 2008. We are interested invite your robot to Thailand. What should I do?
sincere
Ravee C.

[prof.andrews @ Jun 29th 2009 6:44PM]

Astro-Boy is an icon of Japanese culture.
Didn't know that when Timmy and I would watch it on Channel 5 after school in '65

Still a fan . . .