Japanese Robot Awards 2006 Announced

PreacherTom writes to mention that this past Thursday many robots were honored at the government-sponsored Robot Awards 2006 in Japan. Winners include a feeding machine, a theraputic seal, and a giant automated vacuum cleaner. From the article: "Examples among the winners were MySpoon, which is a robot that helps to feed people who are paralyzed, and Paro, a furry robotic seal that responds to human touch and is designed for nursing home and hospital therapy."

Special Report: Japan’s humanoid robots

[by Anonymous Coward]

Special Report / Japan’s humanoid robots [economist.com]

Better than people
Dec 20th 2005 | TOKYO
From The Economist print edition

Why the Japanese want their robots to act more like humans

IMAGE (Getty Images) [economist.com]

HER name is MARIE, and her impressive set of skills comes in handy in a nursing home. MARIE can walk around under her own power. She can distinguish among similar-looking objects, such as different bottles of medicine, and has a delicate enough touch to work with frail patients. MARIE can interpret a range of facia

Hmmm

[SilentOneNCW (943611)]

I'm pretty sure this is a dupe, mostly because I submitted the same story a few days ago. Everyone, get your +5 insightfuls here! [slashdot.org]

Robotic Clubs

[mustafap (452510)]

Or do regular clubs work?

(Thanks for the tip!)

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[SilentOneNCW (943611)]

Heh! No problem. Now, to dodge those -1 Offtopics...

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[mustafap (452510)]

>Now, to dodge those -1 Offtopics...

Nah, should be fine. 'tis christmas after all...

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[SilentOneNCW (943611)]

Nah, should be fine. 'tis christmas after all...

Alright! Let's run wild!!

GO TO MY FORUMS!!!!1111oneoneone

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[uchihalush (898615)]

aww shucks good idea mate here is what I think:

Jokes aside, I bet most of you have never tasted seal meat. I'm not a big meat eater at all, but it is absolutely DELICIOUS! Better than almost all meat/fish I've had before. It's a pretty dark brown color, so it looks a bit scary at first, but once you taste it... It's one of those desert island foods IMO. The sad part is how hard it is to find a specialized butcher that sells some (closest is a few hours away). One of my friends' dad hunts seal though, so

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[WilliamSChips (793741)]

They essentially own the land as their own nation.

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[odbodbo (585329)]

After this [metafilter.com] expose, I'm surprised PreacherTom shows his face anywhere now...

Flights of fancy

[ScrewMaster (602015)]

But the consensus among Japanese is that visions of a future in which immigrant workers live harmoniously and unobtrusively in Japan are pure fancy.

Hm.

Christmas stories

[RiotXIX (230569)]

D'you think you could post more stories with the Christmas tree? C'mon, we only get it once a year, and we'll be spitting at it in bitter remorse in a few hours. You're getting me out of the Christmas spirit!!

And TFA is where?

[Colin Smith (2679)]

I guess Slashdot editors have resigned themselves to the inevitable fact that it's unnecessary to actually read an article before commenting.
 

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[SilentOneNCW (943611)]

Don't worry, the original /. post has it (for your convenience, it's this one [bbc.co.uk]).

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[PreacherTom (1000306)]

Actually, this was the link [cnn.com] I submitted.

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[PreacherTom (1000306)]

Sorry...THIS [cnn.com] is the link. My apologies. Other one was from a story I posted to Digg.

Probably means there's something wrong with me...

[lemur666 (313121)]

Am I the only one who read "Robotic baby seal" and immediately thought of pitting it against an Asimo robot with a club?