The 2005 World Expo, held in Japan, is currently under way, and judging by some of the reports, it looks like robots are going to be everywhere 
Japan is known to work hard on these robots (Just look at the Sony and Toyota projects), and the latest World Expo is showcasing many of them, with the goal of being as human as possible. If you are on a Time Warner broadband connection, or have access to CNN premium content, check out this report:
http://premium.cnn.com/pr/video/tech/2005/...fl.exclude.html
Some other articles about this expo:
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/robot/robot_project_01.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/2...expo.robots.ap/
http://www.ecp.com.cn/news/Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=5695
http://www.i4u.com/article3092.html (about the receptionist)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4362711.stm (some really cool pictures)
Japan is known to work hard on these robots (Just look at the Sony and Toyota projects), and the latest World Expo is showcasing many of them, with the goal of being as human as possible. If you are on a Time Warner broadband connection, or have access to CNN premium content, check out this report:http://premium.cnn.com/pr/video/tech/2005/...fl.exclude.html
Some other articles about this expo:
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/robot/robot_project_01.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/2...expo.robots.ap/
http://www.ecp.com.cn/news/Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=5695
http://www.i4u.com/article3092.html (about the receptionist)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4362711.stm (some really cool pictures)