memo30-event

Memo30-Event During doing the project, I visited the “Great Robot” exhibition held by the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo. Visiting this exhibition was a good opportunity for me to have a broad understanding of the latest advances in robotic technology. Especially the Honda’s robot ASMIO and the robots used for treating children with autism gave me this understanding that designing and programming what kind of humanoid robots can interact more successfully with humans. The other interesting humanoid robot, which was a good inspiration for me, was KONDO KHR-2HV. This robot was selected as one of the three robots of the 2007 year by the Japanese government. This exhibition also showed me the different policies of the US and Japanese robotic engineers. Since most US robots were designed for military applications, the Japanese ones were for medical and health issues. It has also showed me how advanced technologies are growing very fast and how paradigms are shifting. The most interesting paradigm shifts was designing humanoid robots. They amazed almost all of the audiences and showed that how technology, from industrial robots or personal computers, or a simple automobile can change during time to a humanoid robot or internet or to the luxury cars. This exhibition showed me that engineers have designed robots that can fool everybody that they are real people. These robots can be designed based on the needs of the customers so that they will diminish the difficulties people have in communication with other people.