International Robot Exhibition 2009

The International Robot Exhibition 2009 (IREX) just finished yesterday in Tokyo. A question comes to mind: do we really need people anymore? The Japan Times prepared a 5-minute video with some highlights from the exhibit:

See below for some more videos:

Students of Tokyo’s University of Science created a new version of their robot suit that assists muscles when doing heavy strenuous work.

NEXTAGE robots from Kawada Industries are envisioned for production/manufacturing work alongside human workers.

“Samurai of Kuroda”, a product of RoboSquare in Crafthouse, is based on the famous samurai from Kyushu.