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.
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Impress]
posted Oct 11th 2006 10:03AM
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.
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 . . .
well i guess i will start this one off....
I, for one, welcome our new japanese robot overlords.
The image in the lower right corner is beyond obscene...
...but hoo-ray for Skynet's grand opening anyway.
astroboy... old
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.
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.
Remember, our task isn't to stop Judgement Day, only to survive it.
Is it "Three Laws" safe?
I require details of robots which has control through a wireless remote within a radius of say one kilometre
Where's everyone's favorite robot cat, Doraemon?
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.
I'm working just down the road from Nagoya at the moment. Looks like i have my weekend sorted!
Dont help on bit