Robot Museum in Japan

[Greg Marra]

Worth noting: almost any statement of advanced technological developments becomes infinitely more believable when appended with "in Japan"

A robot museum is being opened in Japan. It sounds pretty cool. The original press releases are in Japanese, but "the 2,600 square meter museum will center around an exhibition area entitled “Robothink,” where everything from toy robots to industrial robots will be showcased in exhibits covering topics from robot history to the latest in robot technology."

Sounds like somewhere I would want to check out if I ever get the chance to go to Japan. It also sounds like the sort of thing Epcot should have.

[Hiteak]

It reminds me of what the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame has in Seattle. They have quite a handful of robots within science fiction there. Some of the robots include R2D2, Gort, the Cylons from the orginal Battlestar Galactica and tons more. I dont remember if they had any industrial robots, but it does pay a good homage to where the ideas of robots orginated from.