U.S. President Barack Obama recently visited Japan and on his trip he bumped into one of Japan’s coolest talking robot. A service robot that do can do more than just providing good service but can also crack some funny jokes??? More »

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From Girlybubble: Danbo comes from the Japanese word danboru meaning “corrugated cardboard.” As far as I know, Danbo sprung from the manga, Yotsuba, but this cute box robot has gained some fans of it’s own. More »

From Ningin: A team of scientists from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has developed a power enhancing suit reminiscent of Ironman and Robocop. More »

From Ziggytek: University of Tokyo’s JSK Robotics Laboratory is working on an advanced android that has a musculoskeletal (muscles and spinal column) body that is comprised of tendons and synthetic bones. The result is a robot that eerily moves like a human –think Aliens. More »

Thats right, Japan has fallen behind Korea. In the area of scary robot teachers. The country as a whole is in complete shock. Shock I say! More »

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What do you buy a geek who already has every cool gadget? How about a $3,300 wireless programmable robot, care of Fujisoft. More »

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From Ziggytek: From Akazawa, PLEN is a 9″ robot that is powered by a 33 MHz ARM7 processor and can be controlled by Bluetooth from your computer or Android smartphone. If you have $2999.99, then you can import this “Desktop Hobby” droid from Japan. More »

From Ningin: The Japanese have finally done it. They’re created a human looking Cylon, and it only costs $220,000. More »

From Ningin: The age old question will finally be answered. Who would win in a boxing match, man or machine? The answer is surprisingly mundane. More »

From Ningin: As part of my ongoing series chronicling the downfall of the human race via cute Japanese robots I present to you a little walking Japanese robot playing soccer (or football if you’re a normal person) that is also being controlled via an iPhone. That’s right. An iPhone. More »