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you asked for it we got it irx 2023 one
of the most interesting and largest
robot exhibitions in the world took
place in Tokyo Japan this year the big
site Exhibition Center hosted more than
650 companies from all over the world
this year Japanese vision of a bright
future in unison with robots inspired
the undertone of the exhibition namely
sustainable Society created by robotics
it just so happens that in Asia unlike
Europe robots are viewed as assistants
and not competitors so besides a
plethora of robotic solutions for
various Industries it wasn't a big
surprise to see humanoid droids and of
course anime robots let's get
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it last year Kawasaki heavy Industries
wowed visitors with its concept of a
robotic goat for transporting people and
goods we got a review of that linked to
in the description below this year
though the company brought its aame and
by that we mean a lot of robots mostly
human looking for example the Koo robot
in version 8 was presented to the public
for the first time the robot has become
more stable and confident when
performing various jobs including
handling heavy objects Koo is positioned
primarily as a rescue robot so it should
be able to walk on any type of surface
climb ladders and perform any physical
work with inhuman dexterity that said
the robot is far from compact its height
is 5 11 which is 180 cm tall and its
weight is 190 lb which is 86 kilos the
robot body has 32° of freedom and unlike
earlier versions the robot has a face in
the form of a screen to show emotion
among the tasks the robot can now handle
are cleaning up debris scattered during
a natural disaster working with people
to carry large items together and
transporting humanitarian Aid including
unloading trucks interestingly Kawasaki
has been developing K since 2015 on the
other hand this is considered to be the
best time for humanoid Rob robots in
terms of maturity of all Technologies we
here at Pro robots are taking bets when
Koo is going to hit the shelves what's
your guess let us know in the
comments also on display was K's little
brother friend's robot it's based on Kos
technology but there are a number of
differences due to the fact that this
robot has to work indoors in the narrow
corridors of homes hospitals and
businesses it has a thinner profile to
make the robot Slimmer to utilize it the
company had to develop high quality and
comp Motors to reduce the overall weight
this is how the robot accommodated for
nodes similar to Koo in a metal body of
53 160 cm tall and weighing 120 lb 55
kilos as the developers say in the
friend's robot they have managed to
achieve a balance between the quality
needed for industrial use strength and a
more subtle even delicate design
moreover the robot can work safely
around people and even care for them
would you be okay with such a caretaker
in a hospital or would you opt for a
nurse
Kawasaki has a lot in the pipeline
there's the social robot Neo key and
foro for autonomous delivery neoy is
designed to interact with people the
robot can move in a crowd and help
people safely using its hands equipped
with sensors one of its tasks is to load
and unload robots without arms such as
far neoy can ride elevators open doors
and communicate with people using
gestures so far two settings are in the
works autonomous or remote its besti
fough can also move separately or in a
group adjust to the pace of the movement
in the crowd and like his friend neoki
ride
elevators at Kawasaki heavy Industries
Booth the robot that caught everyone's
eye though was perhaps the quote the
walking robotic Nimbus support robot
it's basically a cushion on bending legs
with wheels that can follow and repeat
human movements of their body or just
the tailbone one could assume that the
robot serves as lumbar support when a
person is standing or leaning backwards
but why does it lean forward this would
make sense if a person was somehow
attached to to the robot with straps or
something but in the demo they didn't
have that what is this robot for hit us
up with your suggestions in the
comments jeny itai another Japanese
company has actually used the Koo
platform from Kawasaki heavy Industries
to develop their own robot the type01
Koo version 1.0 is a controlled system
for industry with Force control
technology its purpose is to remove
people from dangerous places when
performing heavy physical work primarily
high-rise jobs in civil engineering and
energy sectors the company already has a
giant robot for such purposes space
heavy work machine they don't nickel and
dime with these names already Services
railroad tracks power lines and can
perform a wide range of tasks where
there is no possibility to deploy a
crane or where a crane is not enough a
humanoid torso mounted on a truck can
handle many tasks thanks to the precise
repetition of the operator's movement
with the right Force who works out of a
special cabin and runs the robot with
the help of VR controllers and a heads
set this Behemoth is installed on heavy
machinery weighing 155,000 lb or 7 tons
and its size and strength are not always
appropriate so jeny atai combined its
remote control technology with koo's
humanoid platform to develop a more
compact type 01 handling is intuitive
and the force applied by the operator
serves as the driving force of the robot
the weight and haptic feedback is then
relayed back to the operator making it a
breeze to
navigate
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here's another gem from was University
one of Japan's most prestigious private
schools I give you moonshot it's a robot
for housework equipped with generative
artificial intelligence it can memorize
human movements and then repeat them for
example by watching the owner the robot
can learn how to hang clothes on hangers
okay not the most useful skill but in
the future the university plans to
expand the capabilities of the robot to
all chores incidentally developing
robots that can learn and act on their
own through co-evolution of artificial
intelligence and machines is one of the
University's main goals given Japan's
declining birth rate and aging
population the importance of creating
robots for all aspects of society is one
of the priorities of the government and
the country's research
centers and where would IR 2023 be
without bats in the belf fry like the
body robotic pillow Called Love at a
distance the developers from kazawa
Institute of Technology must have hired
the same marketing team from jeny at
the gist of the pillow is to transfer
body movements heat and heart rate to
another so if you're in a cuddly mood
but in a long-distance relationship this
might be right up your
alley realan from China showcased
several robots at the exhibition
demonstrating the capabilities of its
mechanical arms there was one on top of
a unitary robot dog unlike its
counterparts this one resembles and
moves like a human arm it looks a bit
strange but the crowd loved it realan
mechanical arm is a whole category in
and of itself it can be attached to to
anything from a mobile platform to a
humanoid torso you can get a robot with
two of these bad boys from Alibaba and
voila you have an assistant check out
realan channel for more info also at the
company's Booth a humanoid robot with a
Chad bot function based on
GPT a robotic
artist the company's go-to mechanic arm
and a robot masseuse based on the same
you guessed it mechanical arm real man's
really proud of their robotic arms
claiming their Ultra lightweight durable
strong and accurate and can be easily
attached onto any robot actually no need
for a robot stick it on your car for a
totally unique drive-through experience
what say you yay or
nay moving along a Japanese robot
exhibition wouldn't be Japanese without
anime this time the Incarnation was
hatsuki a character produced through the
fusion of anime artificial intelligence
and Robotics the 49 or 145 cm tall robot
has become a temporary Ambassador for
Sono Deni a Japanese jaese company that
specializes in electronics and its
components hatsuki is not a comic book
character but a test bed for the croid
project a technical study group thanks
to this group robotics enthusiasts have
tested for example the generation of
humanoid robot movements using deep
learning human robot interaction
artificial intelligence research and an
operational test of a quote virtual
YouTuber system hatsuki creators aim to
ultimately break the quote fourth wall
by allowing you to interact with the
character in real life
the robot is equipped with a motion
capture system and it can also be
controlled via the Internet or directly
play movements from anime the developers
have also implemented the ability to
dialogue with the robot thanks to the
ubiquitous
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GPT on to another Japanese company
shabor machine presented a prototype of
a two-armed koid robot to support
manufacturing processes this is the
third generation of the robot it should
have a high degree of autonomy and
technically should perform tasks without
training or programming the koid 3
currently in development is suitable for
tasks such as transporting and
assembling parts and packaging boxes it
features two six axis arms that can
operate independently thanks to AI
Technologies each arm can move at a
speed of 3 fet or 1 m/ second and lift
loads of up to 13 lb 6 kilos the robot
accumulates and incorporates its own
experience and can work side by side
with humans on a moving conveyor
belt look at this cutie patootie Ugo
presented its new robot Ugo mini with it
the company proposes to automate
inspection tasks and commercial
facilities simply put there are many
robot inspectors capable of reading
meters and monitoring environmental
changes the little guy can be used for
security inspection and Elderly Care it
all sounds fine and good but in reality
the range of capabilities of such robots
is still quite limited even though it
does compensate for it with a bargain
price interestingly earlier the company
bet on a more complex and functional
system a humanoid robot on Wheels with
with two arms and a drone on board the
robot could move around the company's
premises open doors check windows and if
necessary launch a drone to take a
bird's eye
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lookie similarly to last year Ry showed
its collaborative humanoid robot foodle
with artificial intelligence its purpose
is to work on production lines alongside
humans foodle is able to package oddly
shaped objects whether it's metal Parts
chicken legs or noodles by the way the
robot has already been mented at hi
company and ichiki Company which
introduced foodle into real production
processes in March of
2022 unry robotics went all out this
year with its newest bipedal humanoid
general purpose robot the H1 the 511 180
cm tall robot weighs 100 lb 47 kilos and
can walk at speeds of more than 3 mph or
5 km/ Hour the motors and the robots
joints have up to 360 Newt met of torque
it's legs have 5 Dees of freedom and its
arms have four the hands on the robot's
arms do not have brushes but the
developers say that they will eventually
get there the thing is that the H1 was
created on the basis of the company's
four-legged robots which is why it looks
a bit weird with its wide torso and thin
legs the companies noow accelerated the
development but only the parts that were
already present in robot dogs for
positioning in Space the robot is
equipped with a 3D liar with all round
vision and a depth camera and all of
those are mounted on a frame that mimics
the head unry predicts that the
development of H1 may take 3 to 10 years
which is good because we can start
saving up for it now since it might cost
as much as
$90,000 meanwhile Yamaha gave everyone a
glimpse into the future of handling
materials in factories in a
demonstration at the show a mechanic arm
on top of a mobile robot could be seen
picking up parts delivered by an
unmanned electric vehicle given that irx
2023 was all about solutions to offset
the ever growing labor shortage the
companies hanging 10 on this
trend fuk surprised everyone at the
exhibition by introducing controllers
for the R50 IIA and R50 mate robots that
meet International cyber security
standards for the first time the company
said it had improved both control
performance and remote maintenance
capabilities the company also upgraded
and showed the robo guide V10 system
with the ability to preest robot systems
in virtual reality there were more
collaborative robots and of course the
industrial Giants such as the m2000
m1000 and
m950 the main attraction of any fuk
Booth designed for the automotive
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industry jumping back to the Kawasaki
stand we find hinor the surgical robot
although it's manufactured by another
company under its own brand the robotic
surgical system which accurately
reproduces the smallest of movements of
the surgeon is based on the
technological solutions of Kawasaki
heavy industry this explains its
Presence at the company's Booth hinor is
fully equipped with a surgeon's cabin
and operating and a visualization
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unit besides anime characters there were
other cute robots at the exhibition for
example keep ran from Miron it's a robot
friend that reacts to what you show it
for example show the robot ice cream and
it will want it but show it her broom
and it will cause a Ruckus the robot's
movements and facial expressions are
quite smooth and realistic and the most
interesting thing is that you'll never
know what the robot will do in response
to your drawing or a photo yay or
nay bye-bye World riled the visitors up
displaying their big clappy and his
little brother baby clappy robots this
fun Duo is designed to elicit Applause
and help attract customers to your
business they can also entertain
visitors at public events by singing
well-known songs and clapping their
hands I AI Japan presented an attraction
called Magic field at its Booth it was a
demonstration of 320 axes electric Drive
synchronized together in an artistic
performance simulating a game of soccer
with not one but four soccer
balls and Mitsubishi Electric unveiled a
concept for a fully automated lithium
ion battery assembly line at the irx
2023 nvidia's Booth was popular among
the professional Community the company
presented several of its Flagship
products at once the theme of the
exposition was quote from virtual space
to the real world with Isaac Sim Nvidia
Isaac Sim is an application tool that
simulates robots and other objects in a
virtual environment created with
Omniverse to generate sufficient ly
accurate and highquality synthetic data
for robot training moreover it also
allows you to simulate a photorealistic
and physically accurate virtual
environment to train them this allows
manufacturing companies to bring robots
to Market faster in the simulator
developers can customize routes
obstacles avoidance algorithms and
multi-root
collaboration Nvidia also presented the
Nova Carter robot based on the Isaac
Nova or in architecture equipped with
stereo and fisheye cameras mounted on
all sides the machine is designed to
accelerate the development and
deployment of autonomous mobile robots
in customer
warehouses Denzel made an appearance
showcasing not only its robots but also
a new artificial intelligence algorithm
that automatically generates optimal
motion paths for multiple robots to
operate simultaneously at high speeds
this Tech basically puts specially
trained Engineers for complex and
time-consuming robot training out of a
job Universal Rob robots introduced the
ur30 model at IR in Tokyo it's a fairly
compact collaborative robot weighing 66
lb or 30 kilos that can easily lift and
transport loads equal to its own weight
a pretty decent achievement for such a
small
robot there's more but we're out of time
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