Osaka, Japan - While television and film have long held opportunities for robot advancement in the arts, live theater systematically shunned the programmed players. Today, what seemed a glass ceiling for some robots, and outright bigotry for others, has been shattered with a groundbreaking performance. Osaka University has become home to one of Japan’s first robot-human theatrical productions. The … [continue]

Tokyo, Japan – The ASIMO humanoid robot will be turning eight this year and the engineers at Honda couldn’t be prouder. ASIMO is the first of its kind, a bipedal machine capable of walking up stairs and carrying a tray, but not at the same time. The amazing machine can also respond to voice commands, a feature that this … [continue]

I approach this article with extreme trepidation. Cautiously I peck at my keyboard knowing full well I have no right to be typing. Since the dawn of time, Athletic Support has been the domain of an intelligent and knowledgeable source of athletic wisdom known simply as Brett “The Hitman” Harsch; but due to unforeseen “work obligations”, Support has … [continue]