(PhysOrg.com) -- Japan's entertaining robot that sings and looks like a beautiful young female is finally learning how to walk just like a beautiful girl—well, almost. Robotics developers at the ...

Most robots that are labeled “humanoids” still have a common problem: they can only walk in a slow, mechanical and chopping motion. Even HRP-4C, in my opinion the most realistic humanoid ever created, ...

Yamaha's HRP-4C adds "dancer" to her resume as she joins four human performers for a Tokyo performance called "Dance Robot LIVE! - HRP-4C Cybernetic Human." Leslie Katz led a team that explored the ...

We know her as a pretty creepy cyber-model, a bridezilla, and a singer. And now cybernetic human robot HRP-4C, brain child of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ...

From Japan comes another scary-looking robot, this one is called the HRP-4C Fashion Model Robot. The HRP-4C Fashion Robot stands 5 feet tall, not exactly the size of your average fashion model, and it ...

TSUKUBA, Japan -- A new walking, talking robot from Japan has a female face that can smile and has trimmed down to 43 kilograms (95 pounds) to make a debut at a fashion show. But it still hasn't ...

March 19, 2009 Fashion modeling could one day be dominated by identical, fake-looking, soulless robots thanks to Japanese researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

The HRP-4C robot was not programmed to please families like Asimo. Nor will she save/destroy humanity like a Terminator. Rather, she’s taking the fashion world by storm as Tokyo’s next top model.

Japan is still upgrading its HRP series of humanoid servants. The latest prototype, HRP-4, can stand on one leg, strike a pose, and generally look cool. Tim Hornyak Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the ...

AIST's HRP-4C fashion robot has dramatically improved since we first saw "her" strut her stuff on the runway. She's so mesmerizing in fact, that we bet you'll barely notice the quartet of scantily ...

The Humanoid Research Group of Intelligent Systems Research Institute led by Shuji Kajita of The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST) announced today their ...