Pro Baseball Material? From Slate, an interesting take on the automation of manufacturing . While people in the US (and Japan) worry a lot ...

We're on our way to Hokkaido, with suitcases filled to the brim with wintery clothing; come to think of it, I can not remember having ha...

Our robot, i-1, is in the news again. A pretty good, accessible piece in New Scientist , with links to a video demonstrating the balancing ...

The reason for my relative silence the past month or so has been due not only to the Open House at ATR last week. The i-1 robot - アイワン in J...