Robot Serves Tea in Japan!
Japan is pretty serious about robotics. If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a demonstration this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate life with robot technology. You can find the whole article here.
Robots in Japan are serving tea! I would be set if one of these robots would come over here and make me a nice cup of green tea right about now! Here’s a little bit of the article:
Posted by CB at Saturday ~ March 03, 2007 |
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