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  • Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot

    Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Toyota has never been known as an auto maker that's really active in the robotics area (as opposed to Honda, for example), at least when it comes to producing robots with high show value. There are two exceptions though: one is Winglet, the Segway-like robotic vehicle Toyota showed in 2008, and the other is a violin-playing humanoid that made its debut back in 2007.

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  • Videos: Tower robot Tsutenkaku conquers Akihabara, meets Asimo

    Videos: Tower robot Tsutenkaku conquers Akihabara, meets Asimo

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember Tsutenkaku, "the world's biggest" robot? Tsutenkaku, basically a 170cm tall robot that looks like a city tower, recently made the journey from Osaka (where he was made and is supposed to attract tourists) from Tokyo. Needless to say, he first went to Akihabara, Tokyo's robot geek paradise, and while he was there, Tsutenkaku met Honda's famous humanoid Asimo, too. Tsutenkaku looks weird on pictures, but he's actually much, much weirder on video.

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  • Meet the EV-neo, Honda’s new e-motorbike (video)

    Meet the EV-neo, Honda’s new e-motorbike (video)

    Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
    While we mostly cover electric bicycles and the occasional electric car, there are surely some people waiting for a decent electric motorbike, too. Honda has now announced an e-scooter, and it looks their model, the EV-neo, is quite decent.

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  • CrunchGear Week in Review: Pro-Am Edition

    CrunchGear Week in Review: Pro-Am Edition

    Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Slow-motion RC cars look shockingly awesome Laser beam clock tells time with mirrors Magnetic communicator could help rescuers talk through solid rock Hands-on with Honda’s U3-X, the amazing people mover Going It Alone: How to Make Your Stuff In China

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  • Tune in at 3pm EDT for CrunchGear’s live podcast

    Tune in at 3pm EDT for CrunchGear’s live podcast

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Here are some of the topics from today’s podcast… The Honda U3-X iPad (sorry) …and more Feel free to call in at (646) 200-4163 to ask questions. LISTEN: Show Link | RSS Feed | iTunes Link

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  • Hands-on with Honda’s U3-X, the amazing people mover

    Hands-on with Honda’s U3-X, the amazing people mover

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Step aside Segway, because this is amazing. This U3-X is a tiny unicycle like people mover designed for folks with debilitating injuries or problems walking. You sit on it, put your feet on a pair of pedals, and move your body to move forward, backwards, and even side to side. It's amazingly small and lasts one hour on a charge. Jimin and I tried the U3-X in a ballroom in Times Square and both of us came away impressed. It is completely self righting and to ride it you just move your body in the direction you want to go. The wheels-within-wheels system allows for 360-degree motion.

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  • OCZ outs its 4th-gen PCI-Express SSD, the Z-Drive R2

    OCZ outs its 4th-gen PCI-Express SSD, the Z-Drive R2

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    OCZ just rolled out the deets about its latest PCI-Express-powered SSD and man is it impressive. Forgot about that WD Velociraptor SATA 3.0 drive announced a few minutes ago, the new Z-Drive RS leaves that one back in the Jurassic Period.

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  • Robot for your computer: Honda releases Asimo desktop widget

    Robot for your computer: Honda releases Asimo desktop widget

    Posted on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
    There are many humanoids out there, but Honda's two-legged, super-advanced Asimo is certainly one of the coolest. And if you're a hardcore robot geek, you can get it now on your computer desktop via a new Adobe Air app.

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  • Japanese university develops Robo-Skateboard

    Japanese university develops Robo-Skateboard

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Earlier today, we've covered Honda's U3-X, and now we bring you another mobility robot from Japan. What we have here is a robotic skateboard, which was developed by the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo. And no, it's not really a fun project. That DIY Segway skateboard is about to get some serious competition.

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  • New video shows Honda’s U3-X Personal Mobility Robot in its full prototype glory

    New video shows Honda’s U3-X Personal Mobility Robot in its full prototype glory

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember the U3-X Mobility Robot from Honda we blogged about last year? Well, the auto-unicycle is still a prototype, but Honda has just released a new (and pretty interesting) promo video on its official YouTube channel. The company says the U3-X can run continuously for one hour on a single (lithium-ion) battery charge and can be recharged via a conventional 120-volt power outlet.

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  • P4: Honda’s Asimo humanoid gets a re-design after 13 years

    P4: Honda’s Asimo humanoid gets a re-design after 13 years

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Honda’s Asimo is probably the world’s most famous humanoid robot. The company today leaked the first technical details and pictures of the fourth version of Asimo, the P4. And the new and improved Asimo, which took 13 years for Honda to develop (P3 was unveiled in 1997), looks much more elegant and human astronaut-like than the previous models.

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  • Electrical vehicle concepts running rampant

    Electrical vehicle concepts running rampant

    Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Couple of things to talk about, Honda just announced that they are going to showing off an electric concept vehicle, and a Hungarian company is making a concept car that's capable of splitting in to two separate vehicles.

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  • DIY: Motorcycle cowling increase mileage, decrease sex appeal, exponentially

    DIY: Motorcycle cowling increase mileage, decrease sex appeal, exponentially

    Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
    This particular DIY project makes sense. It's been proven that in order to increase the MPG on your motorcycle (or scooter in this case), all you need to do it add a cowling. Cyclists use this concept in increase speed, the solar powered cars use this, it makes sense. That still doesn't mean that you should do it, at least, not in this color.

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  • The Ariel Atom, a $40K face melter

    The Ariel Atom, a $40K face melter

    Posted on January 2, 2010 | No Comments
    This thing is only 20,000 GBP or about $40K. It uses a Honda Civic R-Type engine with a supercharger. It clearly will kill you sooner than later, although because it’s a car you’re not dealing with the possibility of sliding under a truck. Amazing stuff. Here’s the product page. If you get one, do tell us [...]

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  • JO-ZERO: Super-agile, super-cool mini humanoid (video)

    JO-ZERO: Super-agile, super-cool mini humanoid (video)

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    A big problem almost any robot nowadays has is limited agility. While this isn't an issue for industrial and other "practical" robots, humanoids can only move in a slow, mechanical and chopping motion. Honda's Asimo, for example, is considered super-advanced, but doesn't move too elegantly either. But Japan-based Himeji Softworks raises the bar in that area. Their JO-ZERO robot kit shows we haven't reached that Nureyev level of elegance yet either, but it's pretty impressive, especially since it's the brainchild of a small venture. It can break-dance (sort of) and pull off a number of cool stunts.

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