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Japanese society is very love robots. Not surprisingly, every time there will always be innovation in the new robot anime this country. Including one of the most recent is the coffee robot.

A tiny robot named Hina created to serve the coffee lover. Robot shape girls are designed to satisfy those who like coffee but lazy to make the coffee.

Hina has a special skill set to change the coffee beans into powder form, add sugar and cream and then serve to the coffee drinker. Such information is quoted from Slash Gear, Thursday (25/6/2009).

According to the creator, Mujaki, Hina is a modification of the KHR-2HV, namely a set of artificial robot kit robot manufacturer spare part Kondo.

With 36 cm high Hina visible tiny enough to be viewed. Though tiny, Hina equipped with advanced technology to perform its tasks. The body has two gyroscopes, antenna, and the acceleration sensor.

Robot technology by students from the Robotics Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) in Virginia Tech makes the hands robot that can move smoothly like human’s hand.

Hands robot is given the name of Raphael, which is short for Robotic Air-Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments. Raphael can hold the ball and the eggs with a soft and flexible, so that the light bulb and the egg are not broken.

“This robot work with interesting method of finger with a very simple and elegant,” said the lab lecturer, Dennis Hong.

National Geographic, Wednesday (13/5/2009) spread, Raphael is connected with the air tank. How it works, service robots will control the air pressure to drive each robot finger.

Low air pressures that will hold alleviate, while high pressure will make the robot holding an object with closely.

However, Raphael makes a unique movement of each finger is not controlled individually or in one by one, but overall is driven with one or homing motion activator. With each finger of this robot can move simultaneously in accordance with the desired movement.

Scottish Robotics experts predict that robots can assist the task of household will be present and to sell in the market in five years.

The Prof Jon Oberlander University of Edinburgh, Scotland are developing a robot that can carry out tasks home such as tidy up the shirt as well put it in the cupboard. Robot that can also tidy beds later.

“A robot that can put your clothes in the cupboard is being developed in the laboratory, and in five years, robots are likely to be used at home,” said Oberlander.

According to him, he and his team are exploring the robot’s back, especially in relation to interactions with humans. Robot is expected to be able to read facial expressions to human interactions.

Previously, Oberlander has also developed a robot capable of walking and stair climbing. “I think the robot to place the clothes that is a brilliant idea,” he said.