Category: Robots

Giant Robo Opening Credits

Giant Robo (ジャイアントロボ, Jaianto Robo), is a tokusatsu, anime and manga series created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

Robots may be constructed on the lines of human form, but most robots are machines designed to perform a task with no regard to their aesthetics.

Tokusatsu (特撮, Tokusatsu) is a Japanese loanword which originally meant both “special effects” in general and more specifically, a genre of live-action Japanese entertainment, encompassing many subgenres of film and television; however, in non-Japanese languages, it only refers to the second definition.

Sony Qrio Robot Dance

QRIO (“Quest for cuRIOsity”, originally named Sony Dream Robot or SDR) was to be bipedal humanoid entertainment robot marketed and sold by Sony to follow up on the success of its AIBO toy. QRIO stood approximately 0.6 m (2 feet) tall and weighed 7.3 kg (16 pounds). QRIO’s slogan was “Makes life fun, makes you happy!”

Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社, SonÄ« Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the world’s largest media conglomerates with revenue of $68.39 billion (as of 2006) based in Minato, Tokyo. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video games, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.

Japanese traditional dance describes a number of Japanese dance styles with a long history and prescribed method of performance. Some of the oldest forms of traditional Japanese dance may be among those transmitted through the kagura tradition, or folk dances relating to food producing activities such as planting rice (dengaku) and fishing, including rain dances.