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Meet the Human-Spined Robot, Kojiro

Apr 7, 2010 02:00 PM

Robot design with blue and white components.

Kojiro the robot has muscles, tendons and a flexible spine- just like you! Combine Kojiro with the doppelganger bot and you'll have something supremely sci-fi freaky.

Via IEEE Spectrum:

"Kojiro is an advanced musculoskeletal humanoid robot under development at the University of Tokyo's JSK Robotics Laboratory. Kojiro's creators designed its body to mimic the way our skeleton, muscles, and tendons work to generate motion. The goal is to build robots that are light and agile, capable of moving around and interacting with the physical world in the same way our flesh bodies do."

Human-like robot in a technology lab setting.

A humanoid robot with large eyes and a transparent helmet in a workshop setting.

Robot arm with cables and electronic components.

Robotic leg with exposed wiring and components.

Read more about Kojiro at IEEE Spectrum.

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