King Kizer Z Designed to Take on and Destroy Full Sized Humaniod Robot...
Nao Maru, the creator of the King Kizer series of ROBO-ONE champion humanoid robots, is taking the game to an entirely new level. As a part of Nippon Television “Real Robot Battle” competition, Maru...
View Article24th ROBO-ONE Competition Regulations Released
The latest revision to the ROBO-ONE humanoid robot competition regulations is online, and surprisingly there is lots of red ink. The ROBO-ONE organising committee always highlights any changes from the...
View ArticleRobosavvy Robotics Founder Limor Schweitzer Featured on Fox Business (Video)
Robosavvy founder Limor Schweitzer was featured on Fox Business discussing the impact of 3D printing on robot design and manufacturing. Schweitzer compared the cost of some well known research...
View ArticleROBOTIS-MINI Faces Tough Opponents at ROBO-ONE Light in Japan (Video)
Although the ROBOTIS-MINI entry level humanoid kit robot is considerably smaller and lighter than the typical ROBO-ONE competitor, it still features speed and agility that ensure that with an...
View ArticleROBO-ONE Light 10 Humanoid Robot Competition Behind-the-Scenes Tour (Video)
Everyone knows how crazy the Japanese are about humanoid robots, but it's hard to really appreciate how extreme the mania is unless you can go behind the scenes and experience it first hand. In...
View ArticleINSIDE ROBO-ONE: Champion Robots Garoo and Chrome Kid Check-in (Video)
While the basic concept underlying the ROBO-ONE initiative is to promote humanoid robot entertainment along with education. over the years many competitors have tried to design robots that take...
View ArticleROBO-ONE Light Robots Practice During Break Time (Video)
The primary ROBO-ONE competitions, ROBO-ONE and ROBO-ONE Light, are held every six months, usually in February and September. At least one set of competitions is held in Tokyo with the other set...
View ArticleSurprising ROBO-ONE Light Robot Design Pushes The Rules (Video)
ROBO-ONE was originally conceived as “Humanoid Robot Entertainment” with the unstated goal of stimulating a whole generation of Japanese, and international, developers to get involved in the humanoid...
View ArticleThunderbolt Robot’s Realistic Walking Comes From Innovative Design (Video)
Humanoid robot walking is difficult, much more difficult than most people think. We assume that it’s easy because we, and most people we know, can do it without thinking. But we forget all the months,...
View ArticleThunderbolt Robot Makes Walking Look Easy (Video)
Yoshihiro Shibata’s Thunderbolt humanoid robot is in a class almost by itself. The robots hip/leg design was based on an original concept developed by Koichi Yoshimura, one of the early ROBO-ONE...
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