In RECUT: Out of This World, Part 2, Noel Barrett Appraises Japanese Spaceman & Robot Toys, ca. 1960. Aired: 07/19/21 Rating: TV-G Buy Now: Buy on iTunes Buy on ...

Both JAXA and the toy company say they hope the little robot inspires children to pursue interests in science and space exploration. Takara Tomy has released a civilian version of the robot in Japan.

Muskegon; I, Robot: Japanese Warriors exhibition showcases toy robots, action figures at Muskegon Museum of Art. Updated: Dec. 28, 2014, 10:51 p.m. Dec. 28, 2014, 10: ...

That honor, according to Collectors Weekly, goes to Lilliput, a Japanese robot made of tin. After the war, tin lithograph toys were a popular export from American-occupied Japan, and Lilliput ...

Kevin Hardy has 31 robots so far in his antique Japanese tin toy robot collection. The robots' manufacturing dates range from 1949 to 1969. STAFF PHOTO BY ROBIN MILLER ...

How the Japanese robot anime morphed into toys, games and more. Japanese anime Mobile Suit Gundam first hit the airwaves in 1979; Today, it is considered the most successful robot anime of all time; ...

Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique that could pave the way for lifelike robots. ABC News.

Japan’s space agency, JAXA, hired Takara Tomy to design a rolling lunar robot called SORA-Q. It’s now en route to the moon.

After a couple of years licensing every random Japanese transforming robot toy it could (which is why the original toy line features cars and trucks alongside cameras, cassette recorders and space ...

Japan's recent launch of the SLIM moon lander included a tiny lunar explorer inspired by a children's toy. The Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) is a little metal sphere, not much larger than a ...

Kevin Hardy has 31 robots so far in his antique Japanese tin toy robot collection. The robots' manufacturing dates range from 1949 to 1969. STAFF PHOTO BY ROBIN MILLER ...

LONDON AND TOKYO -- Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way ...