Industrial robot exhibition in Tokyo

In Japan, they are not hindered by any limitations in their research capabilites.
See for your self, in this country, developping robots for leisure and fun is considered very serious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUcxxo3OGwQ&feature=related

In this movie, we can see how far they are ready to push the limits and there is this incredible lady robot which looks so natural. I would like to have one of those very small bipeds which would surely attract mroe students to study engineering (which is quite a challenge now in the UK).

Each year, there is a big event which covers every apsect of robotics, including the industrial one:
http://www.irex2007.jp/ENG/index.html

Luc