HRP-2 Promet Balances, Japanese Robotics Slide?
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’s humanoid robot shows its balance at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, but is Japan losing its balance in the field of robotics overall?
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In June of 2007, AIST debuted the latest incarnation in their long line of humanoid robots – the HRP-3 Promet Mk-II (again designed by Mr. Yutaka Izubuchi). The Promet Mk-II has the ability to grasp tools in its three-fingered hands, and used an electric drill during its demonstration. It has 5 cameras inside its head [...]
AIST’s follow-up to their HRP-2 Promet humanoid robot was the HRP-3P, which was water and dust proof for working in harsh environments.
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