http://grrrltraveler.com/video-postcards/robosquare/ Robosquare Robot Museum, Fukuoka | Top Attractions Travel Guide Fukuoka Also read 48 Hours in Fukuoka on a Shoestring budget: http://grrrltraveler.com/countries/asia/japan/what-to-do-and-see-in-fukuoka-in-24-hours/ Built in 2002, Robosquare is a cozy robot technology museum. The center offers robot performances, robot technology workshop classes and it houses over 200 intelligent systems, from robots to interact and have conversations with, responsive robots, rescue robots and everyday machines you may not think belong to the robot clan. ...Best of all, touring the museum is free. What sets this museum apart from traditional museums, is that you're not merely looking at robots, with your nose pressed against a glass case. Instead, you get to "play with the art" in order to understand how they were developed for human use, interaction and consumption. Conversational robots The first robot I played with was a Hello Kitty robot, which held some 20,000 conversations in Japanese, while expressing emotions with its hands, eyes and head (see video below). My Japanese isn't extensive, but it was enough to get Hello Kitty engaged and once she is, boy, she loves to talk! The Ifbot was another conversationalist robot, which had similar features, but expressed emotions by lighting up. Responsive Robots You can entertain yourself with light-sensitive robotic balls that propel when you shine a flashlight on them. Or you can test your speed and fork lift operating skills against the clock, with a robot that you must control to pick up a ball and drop it in a hole. (Read more, click link above to go to article. *LET'S CONNECT!* Facebook: http://facebook.com/GRRRL.TRAVELER Twitter: http://twitter.com/grrrltraveler Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/grrrltraveler Instagram: http://instagram.com/grrrltraveler Travel Survival | Solo Travel | Live with GRRR! Video taken with my iPodTouch camera. Robosquare in Fukuoka is gallery dedicated to interactive robot technology. See a Hello Kitty robot that holds a conversation with you, or watch robotic programmed performances . ====== robosquare museum fukuoka, top attractions travel fukuoka, robosquare fukuoka, robot museum in japan, fukuoka, robotic museum, robotic technology,

• published: 18 Dec 2012
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