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 »

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

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From Girlybubble: Technically, these little robots are called Sega Toys Robotic Rabbits but for the sake of Easter coming up, let’s call them bunnies. To me, they pass the Easter bunny test. It’s an easy test — just be a cute animal with floppy ears and look like you could probably hide Easter eggs. Not only do they pass the Easter bunny test, they also pass the robot test. Touch the bellies of these particular rabbits and they start moving. Check them out in action: More »

Popular Japanese star Takuya Kimura a.k.a KimuTaku is seriously in every commercial known to man. Well, not really, but you get the point. He recently was in a Gatsby commercial with an adorable little puppy, which I presume is a robot. The two are incredibly adorable. :D The best part for me is when they both spray their hair. More »

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These Persona 4 papercrafts look neat! I want to have them all. The Shin Megami Tensei series is one of my favorite video game series ever and seeing the P4 characters chibi-fied in 3D is awesome. More »

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Oh, technology, how far you have come from back in the day. Jinra just sent me this awesome video of these robots dancing to the Wonder Girls’ hit song called “Nobody,” and it is amazing! More »

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

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 »

ABPOS is a chronic condition in which too many awesome blog posts get blogged from the previous week. So many, that they can’t fit on the main page. It helps if you take the load off by checking them out. More »

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Besides my ongoing series on the impending “Robot Rebellion,” I’ve also been taking time to point out the brewing “Giant Robot Statue Cold War” that’s going on in Asia right now. Before it was just Japan and Korea, but it seems Taiwan has just entered the race. More »

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Now that the wonderful Tokyo Gundam is gone the only giant robot to represent Japan in the “Asian Giant Robot Statue Cold War” is the massive Gigantor statue sitting in Kobe. More »

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Killer robot maid that is. Personally I always figured the Japanese would be the first to come up with a robot maid, but hey, kudos to you Korea for pulling it off in such a weird and freaky way. More »

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Remember back last year when Japan built a couple of really big giant life sized robot statues? Well, it seems to have sparked a Giant Robot (statue) Cold War with the rest of Asia. The first to respond seems to be Korea. When will the fighting end! More »

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

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

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One thing I’ve always hated is how lazy janitors are. They’re always cleaning, and doing ‘work’, and ‘trying to make things look better.’ Blah. Who needs that when you can have a robot that picks up trash via laser! More »

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Let it not be said that Koreans know their robots, and that they know how to do them all freaky like. My evidence is this picture. Though it doesn’t stop there. More »

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I’ve been sitting here for the past five minutes trying to think of some funny or sarcastic thing to write about this, but honestly, I have nothing new to add. The gross horror that is a Japanese School Girl robot more or less speaks for itself. More »

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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 »

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Konnichi wa, Jinra-san desu! Boy, do I have a puresento (present) for you. Actually, since I’m feeling extra nice, I’ve got two. The first one is Rekuru, our new Japanese entertainment site. Aside from Ningin, Rekuru will be your destination for the best in anything from Anime to Zen. The second one is, you guessed it — the Ningin Japan-a-thon. In support of Rekuru’s launch, we’ve got a special schedule filled with blog posts dedicated to The Land of the Rising Sun. More »

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