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April 21, 2015

Japan robot receptionist welcomes shoppers
Tokyo (AFP) Apr 21, 2015
She can smile, she can sing and this robot receptionist who started work in Tokyo on Monday never gets bored of welcoming customers to her upmarket shop. "My name is ChihiraAico. How do you do?" she says in Japanese, blinking and nodding to customers in the foyer of Mitsukoshi, Japan's oldest department store chain. Clad in an elegant traditional kimono, ChihiraAico - a name that sounds similar to a regular Japanese woman's name - breaks into a rosy-lipped smile as would-be shoppers approach ... read more

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KUKA Systems Aerospace opens French facility A new facility for the research, development and production of robotic manufacturing systems has been opened in France by KUKA Systems Aerospace. ... more		Home Away From Home: NASA Spider-Droids to Build in Space A company called Tethers Unlimited is developing a futuristic "Arachnid-like" droid system, funded by the North American Space Agency, that hopes to help humanity's journey into - and settlement in ... more		Ultra-realistic robot proves there's more than one way to scare a fish In the world of the tiny zebrafish, the predatory red tiger oscar is the stuff of nightmares. And while the species has no natural reason to fear robots, researchers at the NYU Polytechnic School of ... more		How To Train Your Astronauts Training an astronaut is no easy task. Astronauts go through years of rigorous technical, health and safety training to learn simple and complex tasks for a typical four to six month mission. They d ... more

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USAF funds sense-and-avoid technology development

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