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Robo Japan 2008: Bandai’s NetTansorWeb, the first robot blogger The NetTansorWeb (NTW) doesn’t have Kitty-chan’s looks nor Plen’s rollerskating skills but it does one thing that other robots can’t: it blogs. This is probably the world’s first robot blogger, if you discount splogs that are created by net bots.

課程名稱
《免費研討會》台日機器人．無線感測網路．LSI技術論壇(23082035)
課程類別
研討會
舉辦日期
2008/11/11~2008/11/11
舉辦地點
(台北) 華泰王子大飯店
報名
報名截止日: 2008/11/10 報名表 * 線上報名 *
聯絡人
產業學院 / 薛鴻偉/ 02-27378084
課程特色
■活動日期：2008年11月11日（二）　9：30～18：00
■會議場地：台北．華泰王子大飯店（Gloria Prince Hotel 台北）
■主辦：日本．福岡縣政府　
■協辦：台灣經濟部、福岡縣產業科學技術振興財團
目的：福岡縣為日本科技及工業重鎮，縣內有多家國際知名企業，為促進日台高科技產業交流，舉辦本次日台科技論壇，本次主題將涵蓋機器人，無線感測網路，及LSI(Large Scale Integrated Circuit)大容量積體電路，邀請日台產學界菁英進行講演，希望透過本次活動加強日台間企業更緊密的合作。
費用：免費(現場備有中日同步翻譯系統)
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報名方式：線上報名，或請將報名表傳真02-27389424，報名專線：02-27377311 蔡小姐
※議程請見附件※

Keepon is a small creature-like robot designed to interact with children by directing attention and expressing emotion. Keepon's minimal design makes its behaviors easy to understand, resulting in interactions that are enjoyable and comfortable—particularly important in our research on human social development. Keepon has soft rubber skin, cameras in its eyes, and a microphone in its nose: Keepon has four degrees of freedom. Attention is directed by turning +/-180° and nodding +/-40°, while emotion is expressed by rocking side-to-side +/-25° and bobbing up to 15mm: Keepon has been used since 2003 in research on social development and communication. We have studied behaviors such as eye-contact, joint attention, touching, emotion, and imitation between Keepon and children of different ages and levels of social development. In the case of children with autism and other developmental disorders, we have had encouraging results with the use of Keepon as a tool for therapists, pediatricians, and parents to observe, study, and facilitate social interactions.

Life-like: The team at Osaka University's robotics department claim Repliee R-1 is the most realistic robot suit ever created Photo: TIGERLAND2222 The robogirl, known as Repliee R-1, has flexible silicone skin and contains dozens of sensors and motors, allowing it to move and interact with its surroundings like a human. The robot even has eyes that blink and pig tails, creating a spooky effect has led to comparisons with the boy robot David in Steven Spielberg's 2001 science-fiction movie AI: Artificial Intelligence.

Built-in infrared sensors also allow the Robo-Q to walk around objects placed in its path Photo: AFP No bigger than a thumb, the human-shaped Robo-Q can kick a football, find its way out of a maze and dodge unexpected obstacles. Measuring only 3.4 cm high, it is fitted with artificial intelligence enabling it to navigate and play games.

To encourage socially useful standards, the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization hands out many awards—and one top prize
In its 50-year history, the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) has declared more than 32,000 products to be "good design," bestowing on each what it calls the "G-Mark" of success. As with all design-award systems, the criteria for determining whether something is or isn't "good design" are a little hazy, though to give credit to JIDPO, it tries to be more rigorous than some organizations.
In considering competition entries, judges are required to take more than 40 factors into account, and although some are more than a little abstract—is the design sincere?—it's useful to see the broad terms and conditions on which a product is evaluated. After all, design is not good simply because it looks pretty. Aesthetics are important, but design is good when the product is also appropriate for its purpose and environment.
Or, in the words of JIDPO, design is good when it "gives rise to social and cultural values. It contributes to a broadening of the social base. And it contributes to the realization of a sustainable society." No pressure, then.
In a Class of its Own Given that the mission of the organizers is to promote Japanese design, it's not surprising that despite the lofty talk, almost a third of the nearly 3,000 entries were given a G-Mark seal of approval. It wouldn't look good to reject too many of the entrants. Products are divided into no fewer than 16 categories, each of which is judged by experts in that field.
Again, it is admirably rigorous, and categories are extremely specific. Within the product-design category, for example, there are separate judges for "cellular phones, mobile products, and cameras" and "PCs and related products or software."
The real test of character comes with the "Best" Awards, given to the 15 designs deemed most worthy by a separate, "gold prize adjudication" jury including experts such as architect Kengo Kuma, graphic designer Makoto Saito, and journalist Manabu Akaike.
The Whole Deal These winners prove to be a delightfully mixed bag. For example, technological achievements from Nikon (the Naturescope Fabre Photo microscope) and Samsung (the SC-X210L digital camcorder), transport design from Mitsubishi (the "i" car) and Honda (HMC) (the Monpal ML200 electric scooter)—and even an award for urban planning to the City of Yokohama.
A separate awards ceremony, being held at the Hotel East 21 in Tokyo on the night of Oct. 25, includes yet one more round of judging. This time the chance to vote is given to all of the award winners (there are 1,034), the jury, and the adjudication committee, and their task is to single out the top prize of them all. We'll let you know which of the products nets that honor. In the meantime, check out those in the running, and let us know your thoughts.
Robot Suit HAL-5