Researchers at AIST are working on a novel approach to robot navigation that solves for whole-body contacts with the environment and surrounding objects, including other robots.

AIST held an “open lab” day where they demonstrated some of the robotics technology currently in the works.

A short video of the HRP-2 Promet walking on some uneven ground.

AIST’s humanoid robot shows its balance at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, but is Japan losing its balance in the field of robotics overall?

AIST has given their HRP-2 Promet humanoid robot the ability to deal with heavy swinging doors.