Posts Tagged ‘ Robot ’

Justin Bieber to unveil Vietnamese robot at CES 

January 9, 2012
Justin Bieber to unveil Vietnamese robot at CES 

Justin Bieber will help unveil a new entertainment robot made by a Vietnamese company Singing sensation Justin Bieber is expected to help launch a toy robot made by Hanoi-based TOSY Robotics at the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow – the 2012 International CES – later this week. According to an official CES statement, the pop star [...]

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South Korea becoming medical tourism hub 

October 16, 2011
South Korea becoming medical tourism hub 

  The medical tourism market in South Korea is expected to grow around 30 percent during 2010-2012, according to a study from RNCOS, a global market research and information analysis company A robotic operation performed at the Wonkwang University Hospital on September 29, 2011 Clean, modern facilities, and a warm welcome greet patients at several [...]

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Japan mulls new robot help with nuclear disaster 

May 3, 2011
Japan mulls new robot help with nuclear disaster 

An official checks a visitor at a radiation screening center in Koriyama in Fukushima prefecture. Japan may be at the forefront of robotics and its children raised on cartoons of robot heroes and villains, but the country has so far had to rely on US-made machines for help tackling its nuclear crisis. The massive March [...]

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City prof. makes nation's first psychologist robot 

January 13, 2011
City prof. makes nation's first psychologist robot 

The robot scans a man's face to analyze his emotions An academic in Ho Chi Minh City says he has made the first robot in Vietnam that can recognize human emotions.   The robot operates automatically, using its camera to record a person’s facial expressions.   It then analyzes them on a screen to conclude if the [...]

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Da Nang University wins land mine robot contest

February 4, 2010
Da Nang University wins land mine robot contest

The BKZ team from the Da Nang Polytechnic University passed 28 teams from 14 universities to take first prize in a landmine-disarming robot contest on January 29-30 in HCM City.               A team from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry, Heat 3, and Can Tho University’s Embot-Strike won the second and the third [...]

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Japanese drum, robot show to come to Hanoi

November 19, 2009
Japanese drum, robot show to come to Hanoi

Japanese OTO-ZA drum group.LookAtVietnam – A show that combines Japanese traditional drum performance and modern robot moves will be held in Hanoi on November 24.The show, sponsored by Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, Japan Culture Exchange Centre in Vietnam, Japan International Exchange Foundation, is to mark the Japan – Mekong year of exchange.The show will include [...]

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Local robots make good at Tokyo expo

November 18, 2009
Local robots make good at Tokyo expo

Viet Nam’s Tosy Robotics Joint Stock Company has sent four robot models to the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo to be held on November 25-28. The robots included a two-arm robot, useful in packaging and painting factories and the Scara and Parallel robots that could pick-up items on fast conveyor belts, Hoang said.This was the [...]

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Recycled robot wins top honor

September 23, 2009
Recycled robot wins top honor

Vu Van Thang from Thai Binh won one of the five top prizes at the National Creativeness Competition for Youth for his robot made from items found in the trash. Aiming to make a housework robot, Vu Van Thang, who has just entered the HCM City Industry University, built a robot that can walk and [...]

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Vietnam come third at Asia-Pacific Robot Contest

August 24, 2009
Vietnam come third at Asia-Pacific Robot Contest

A view of this year’s Asia-Pacific Robot Contest in Tokyo. LookAtVietnam – Vietnam secured the third place in the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2009 which wrapped up in Japan’s Tokyo on August 22.Twenty teams from 19 countries and territories competed in this year’s contest, which was themed “Travel Together for the Victory Drums”.   The Vietnamese team [...]

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New robots help humans cope with illness

August 3, 2009
New robots help humans cope with illness

In this picture taken on Tuesday a participant tests his robot at the Campus Party, the world’s biggest on-line electronic entertainment festival in Valencia. Robots that can cook, dance to Michael Jackson songs or guide the blind are among the gadgets aimed at helping humans cope with illnesses on display in Spain at an annual [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...