Japanese scientists unveiled a robot with a sense of humour Tuesday, and claimed it was capable of knowing when its jokes had fallen flat The pint-sized roller-skating EMIEW2 — pronounced like the flightless bird — is able to have a short conversation with a human being, without being given a script. Engineers at Hitachi have […]
Hitachi is taking Asimovs I Robot law about not harming humans more seriously with new tweaks to its wheeled Emiew 2 bot. The 30-pound humanoid now packs a sensor thatll measure walking speeds (in an office, for instance) and generate mapping data to predict where someone might pop up unexpectedly. Itll then avoid those areas […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Hitachi Ltd said on Wednesday President Hiroaki Nakanishi will become chief executive officer and chairman as of April 1. Senior Vice President Toshiaki Higashihara will replace Nakanishi as president, Hitachi said. Higashihara will also hold the title of chief operating officer, Hitachi said in a statement. Chairman Takashi Kawamura will step down […]
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