morph 3officials and researchers in japan, home to almost half
the world's 756,000 industrial robots, hope a new robot
industry will give the stagnant economy a boost.
japanese researchers want to advance the technology
by improving mobility or making robots more autonomous.
morph 3, a 38-cm-tall humanoid robot, tries to stand
after being laid on its back during an experiment at the
chiba institute of technology in narashino, chiba prefecture.
the project is a joint project between kitano symbiotic system
project and leading edge design corp.
athletic properties of the robot become the highest among
the same size robots in the world.
the robot appeared on the stage of robocup 2002 held in
fukuoka, japan.
