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RoboNexus Consumer and Entertainment Expo |
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Three Days of Education, Excitement and Fun! Consumer Robotics are robots or robotic technology purchased by individual buyers (consumers) which educate, entertain or assist in the home. These products serve the consumer market in many diverse segments and is typified by products such as home automation/domestic service robots (robotic vacuum cleaners and home security robots, for example), hobbyist/education robots (e.g. Lego Mindstorms) and entertainment robots (e.g. Sony’s Aibo and Honda’s Asimo). Intelligent mobile toys from vendors such as Hasbro, Wow Wee Toys and Bandi, along with those robots that assist the disabled and elderly in the home, also fall into the personal robotics category. |
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The three day
RoboNexus Consumer and Entertainment Expo
provides a number of special events for the benefit of both the
general public and the suppliers of consumer robotics products
including:
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Consumer and Entertainment Expo Special Events |
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Robby the Robot's Birthday Bash Robby the Robot, star of the science-fiction epic Forbidden Planet, turns 50 this year! Robby, the Robot has remained the most famous, and adored movie robot of all time. Robby was built in 1955 and made his film debut in 1956 in Forbidden Planet, Hollywood's first multi-million dollar science-fiction epic. In Forbidden Planet, Robby starred alongside Leslie Nielson, Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis and cost the MGM prop-shop over $125,000 to construct. In 1957 Robby appeared in his second motion picture, "The Invisible Boy", starring Philip Abbott and Richard Eyer. Join Robotics Trends and Fred Barton Productions in celebrating this momentous occasion Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 2005.
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Sony AIBO Wireless Demo This lighthearted exhibition, produced by RoboTech Center, will demonstrate the advanced speech processing, image recognition, synchronized movement and wireless capabilities of Sony’s AIBO robots. The Sony Aibo Wireless Demos will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 7-9, 2005.
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RoboNexus "Hack-A-Sapien" Contest Got a great RoboSapien mod or hack? Come to RoboNexus and see how you match up against some of the best and the brightest in the RoboSapien community. Even if you do not own a RoboSapien, come anyway to see what all the excitement is about. The RoboNexus "Hack-A-Sapien" contest, sponsored by Robotics Trends and Servo Magazine, will take place both Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9, 2005. To register, simply bring your 'Sapien to the "Hack-A-Sapien" registration desk at 4:00. Prizes will and bragging rights will be awarded to to winners.
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RoboNexus Emerging Technology Theater The RoboNexus Emerging Robotics Technology Theater presents a series of presentations on the expo floor during Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 7-9, 2005. These presentations feature the latest robotics applications, technologies and tools. |
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