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Yoshihiro Kuroki: Dancing with robots

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Yoshihiro Kuroki, who works for Sony Corp.'s Entertainment Robot Co., is the creator of ever more capable humanoid entertainment robots, starting with the Sony Dream Robot (SDR) in 1997, to QRIO in 2003. Kuroki, who spends a lot of his time writing papers and preparing presentations, is developing new motion-control technologies for his robots.

Author: Geppert, Linda
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Rankings, Technical occupations, Kuroki, Yoshihiro

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Qrio the robot that could

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The bioped humanoid robot, Qrio, manufactured by Sony Corp., Tokyo, can hear, speak, sing, recognize objects and faces, walk, run, dance and grasp objects, pick itself up when it falls, etc. They are corporate ambassadors for Japan at trade shows and are not for sale.

Author: Geppert, Linda
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
Design and construction, Robots, Robot

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Plusdeck2

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Plusdeck2 from BTO Co., in Seoul, South Korea is priced US $ 150. This is a audiocassette player unit for PC to convert all the songs from side A to side B automatically in to MP3s. The card that comes with it remarkably does not does not connect to the disk drive.

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2005
South Korea, MP3 player/device, MP3 players, Plusdeck2 (MP3 player/device)

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Subjects list: Japan, Consumer electronics industry, Sony Corp., SNE, Product introduction
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