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Gakutensoku
Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for "learning from the laws of nature"), the first robot to be built in the East, was created in Osaka in the late 1920s. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist Makoto Nishimura (1883–1956, father of actor Kō Nishimura). Nishimura had served as a professor at Hokkaido Imperial University, studied Marimo and was an editorial adviser to the ''Osaka Mainichi'' newspaper (now the '' Mainichi Shimbun''). History Concerned about the idea of robots seen as slaves to humans, particularly as portrayed in the play '' R.U.R.'', written by Karel Čapek, Nishimura set out to build a different kind of robot, or as he called it, an "artificial human". The robot he wanted to build would celebrate nature and humanity, and rather than a slave, it would be a friend, and even an inspirational model, to people. In 1926, Nishimura resigned from Hokkaido Imperial University, moved to Osaka, and started building his robot, with help from a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teito Monogatari
is an epic historical dark fantasy/science fiction work; the debut novel of natural history researcher and polymath Hiroshi Aramata. It began circulation in the literary magazine ''Monthly King Novel'' owned by Kadokawa Shoten in 1983, and was published in 10 volumes over the course of 1985–1987. The novel is a romanticized retelling of the 20th-century history of Tokyo from an occultist perspective. Widely regarded as the first novel to popularize onmyōdō and fūsui mythology in modern Japanese fiction,Reider, Noriko T. ''Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present''. Utah State University Press, 2010. () the work was a major success in its native country. It won the 1987 Nihon SF Taisho Award, sold over 5 million copies in Japan alone, inspired several adaptations as well as a long running literary franchise. Likewise its influence can still be felt to this day.Harper, Jim. ''Flowers from Hell: The Modern Japanese Horror Film''. Noir Publishing. () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to evoke human form, but most robots are task-performing machines, designed with an emphasis on stark functionality, rather than expressive aesthetics. Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as Honda's ''Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility'' ( ASIMO) and TOSY's ''TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot'' (TOPIO) to industrial robots, medical operating robots, patient assist robots, dog therapy robots, collectively programmed ''swarm'' robots, UAV drones such as General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and even microscopic nano robots. By mimicking a lifelike appearance or automating movements, a robot may convey a sense of intelligence or thought of its own. Autonomous things are expected to proliferate in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Nishimura
was a Japanese biologist. He is most renowned as the inventor of Gakutensoku, Japan's first functional robot. He was the father of actor Kō Nishimura. Biography Makoto was born on March 26, 1883 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the .... During his life, he served as an example for early environmentalists. When he discovered a tree growing on his plot of land, he refused to cut it down. Instead he decided to build his house around it so that it grew in his living room. Over the years, he worked as a professor at Hokkaido University as well as taught in Kyoto and Manchuria. He also studied botany at Columbia University. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishimura, Makoto Japanese biologists 1883 births 1956 deaths Columbia Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karakuri Puppet
are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, made from the 17th century to the 19th century. The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word has also come to mean "mechanisms" or "trick" in Japanese language, Japanese. It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings. The name is thought to come from the Japanese verb , which means "to pull, stretch, and move a thread". It is alternatively written in kanji as , , , , and archaically as . History One of the earliest recorded references in Japan to similar automata devices is found in the , which references a mechanism known as a south-pointing chariot appearing during the reign of Empress Kōgyoku, in 658 CE. were further developed in Japan after the introduction of European clock-making technology sometime in the early 17th century, during the Sengoku period. The gears and Camshaft, cams used in clock-making were used to create moving dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chosun Exhibition
The Chosun Exhibition was held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Japanese colony in Korea. It was held at Gyeongbokgung, opened on 12 September 1929, ran until 31 October 1929 and was attended by 986,179 people. Contents As well as a Reception Hall there were Navy, rice, fisheries, Industries South, Industries North, Electric Machinery, Ministry of Railways Gyeonghoeru and Jeonnam pavilions. Japan itself was represented by the Domestic Pavilion. There was a Children's Land with a locomotive and a panoramic picture of elephants in India, a moving pictures pavilion. The Architectural Association of Chosun had a display of three model houses showing modern housing. and the Gakutensoku robot was shown. References {{List of world's fairs of East Asia 1929 disestablishments in Asia 1929 disestablishments 1929 establishments in Korea 20th century in Japan 20th century in Korea Events in Seoul World's fairs in Korea Colonial exhibitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Science Museum
The is a science museum in Naka-no-shima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The museum is located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, above Osaka's subterranean National Museum of Art. Opened in 1989, the museum was constructed to mark the 100th anniversary of Osaka City. The construction was funded through a 6.5 billion yen donation toward building costs from Kansai Electric. Its theme is "The Universe and Energy". Before the war a similar museum opened in 1937. It was known as the Osaka City Electricity Science Museum and it was both the first science museum and the first planetarium in Japan. The Science Museum's primary permanent exhibition consists of four floors of mainly interactive science exhibits, totaling 200 items, with each floor focusing on a different theme. There is also a live science show with science demonstrations several times per day. Like the rest of the museum, these demonstrations are in Japanese only and visitors may require prior scientific knowle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In Japan
Events in the year 1929 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 4 (昭和4年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents * Emperor: Hirohito * Prime Minister: ** Tanaka Giichi: until July 2 ** Osachi Hamaguchi: from July 2 Governors *Aichi Prefecture: Toyoji Obata (until 5 July); Masao Oka (starting 5 July) *Akita Prefecture: Iwao Koinuma (until 5 January); Shinji Kikuchi (starting 5 January) *Aomori Prefecture: ** until 30 January: Tetsuzo Yoshimura ** 30 January-5 July: Yujiro Shinjo ** starting 5 July: Mitsuo Hirai *Ehime Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 8 November); Shin Kinoshita (starting 8 November) *Fukui Prefecture: Joko Obama *Fukuoka Prefecture: Saito Morikuni (starting month unknown) *Fukushima Prefecture: Aid Kiyoo (until 5 July); Koyanagi Makimamoru (starting 5 July) *Gifu Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa (until 5 July); Ken Usawa (starting 5 July) *Gunma Prefecture: Omori Keiichi (until 10 September); Hotta Kanae (starting 10 September) *Hiroshima Prefecture: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Robots
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robots Of Japan
"\n\n\n\n\nThe robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to indicate to visiting web crawlers and other web robots which portions of the site they are allowed to visit.\n\nThis relies on voluntary compliance. Not all robots comply with the standard; email harvesters, spambots, malware and robots that scan for security vulnerabilities may even start with the portions of the website where they have been told to stay out.\n\nThe \"robots.txt\" file can be used in conjunction with sitemaps, another robot inclusion standard for websites.\n History\nThe standard was proposed by Martijn Koster, when working for Nexor in February 1994\n on the ''www-talk'' mailing list, the main communication channel for WWW-related activities at the time. Charles Stross claims to have provoked Koster to suggest robots.txt, after he wrote a badly-behaved web crawler that inadvertently caused a denial-of-service attack on Kos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Robots
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an Discipline (academia), academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the historiography, nature of history as an end in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Science And Technology In Japan
This is the history of science and technology in modern Japan. Science In the natural sciences, the number of Japanese winners of the Nobel Prize has been second only to the United States in the 21st century, for contributions made in the 20th century. On the list of countries by research and development spending, Japan is third on the list, behind the United States and China. Chemistry ;Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory In 1952, Kenichi Fukui published a paper in the ''Journal of Chemical Physics'' titled "A molecular theory of reactivity in aromatic hydrocarbons." He later received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions, with his prize-winning work focused on the role of frontier orbitals in chemical reactions, specifically that molecules share loosely bonded electrons which occupy the frontier orbitals, that is the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and the Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO). ;Chira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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