The International Robot Exhibition (IREX) is the largest

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in the world. It is an event that has been staged once every two years in

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since 1973 and is organized by the

Japan Robot Association The (JARA) is a trade association made up of companies in Japan that develop and manufacture robot technology. It was formed in 1971 as the Industrial Robot Conversazione and was the world's first robot association. The association was reorganize ...

(JARA) and the company

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, Ltd. It is a place for companies from Japan and around the world to exhibit the latest in robot technology.

Robots

These are some examples of the robots that have been displayed at previous exhibitions. *

Actroid Actroid is a type of android (humanoid robot) with strong visual human-likeness developed by Osaka University and manufactured by Kokoro Company Ltd. (the animatronics division of Sanrio). It was first unveiled at the 2003 International Robot ...

Seiko Epson Micro flying robot The Micro Flying Robot (µFR) is the world’s smallest and lightest robot helicopter prototype, which was developed by Epson and demonstrated at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo in November 2003. The purpose of its development was to d ...

TOPIO TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being. It has been developed since 2005 by TOSY, a robotics firm in Vietnam. It was publicly demonstrated at the Tokyo International R ...

JO-ZERO The JO-ZERO is an agile humanoid robot designed by manga artist Minoru Kamiya, who created the anime show Act On!. The robot, manufactured by Himeji Softworks, was presented at the International Robot Exhibition 2009. References Nakamura's JO-Z ...

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* Robotics events Robotics in Japan Trade fairs in Japan Events in Tokyo Recurring events established in 1973 {{Robo-stub