Nagoya Expo 2005 will open next weekend. Last weekend some of the Pavilions and showroom had their opening ceremonies. I found Toyota has suddenly become newsworthy because they ' ve recently presented their version of walking biped robot. Look at this English preview site. Although Toyota's presentation is not always so cool and this time is "exactly Toyota", but this i-foot is cool. Here take a look at this Pavilion site. You may check out the details and specs in their Press release.
I knew Honda Ashimo and Sony's Qrio, but I had not heard that Toyota had made a walking biped robot like this i-foot. The point that impressed me was that as a car maker they ' ve made "a riding type", it is a transportation device at any rate. Yes I can sense their spirit. This BBC news story seems skeptical about the practicality and necessity of these vehicles. Well what do you think?
Speaking of personal biped walking robots, reminds me of the APU in Matrix. ( Whenever I think of Matrix, I still feel a little bit sad and disappointed. As a Matrix lover, I really wish they hadn't made Revolution.) Captain's name is Mufune maybe he has Japanese blood. Here is another bit of walking biped robot news in Tokyo. Walking on two legs, such a simple task proves so difficult for machines. I wonder why Japanese companies and the Japanesee have had such a driving interest in that, Perhaps it's due to watching a lot of robot animation? Yes do you know a Doraemon is robot too?. All boys dreamed of riding a robot when they were yonger. :-) Sometimes people make their dreams come true.