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robot magazines

2007-06-03T22:15:09+01:00

Take a look at this, "Weekly My Robot".

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/w ... N&wb_dis=2

http://www.de-club.net/myr/

--Scotty

Statistics: Posted by srobot — Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:15 pm

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2007-02-09T08:46:02+01:00

Both are yen sign actually. 百円 means 100 yen.

I am now bulding up the robozack bit by bit.

Statistics: Posted by Ken — Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:46 am

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2007-02-09T08:07:06+01:00

The first symbol in Japanese to English is XXYEN and the second symbol is CIRCLE.

You can see the same results here.

http://world.altavista.com/

Keep in mind, when you put characters together, they can have different meaning.

Humanoido

Statistics: Posted by Humanoido — Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:07 am

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2007-02-09T08:08:43+01:00

I've heard you can order an issue of RoboCon from the usa version of Amazon, and have it shipped outside the country. Is this what you want to do? There should be a UK version of Amazon. Try looking there instead of the one in Japan.
Humanoido

Statistics: Posted by Humanoido — Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:56 am

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2007-01-27T22:48:52+01:00

Hi,
Does any one have robozac?

I was thinking about how we all are seeing the yen sign differently, and how I want to solve this, so I went on to google and found these:

Does any body know if this is the yen sign? This in text is ￥ .

In this one it is the second sign. Does any body know if this is the yen sign? In text it is 円

Thanks,
--srobot

Statistics: Posted by srobot — Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:48 pm

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2007-01-10T00:48:14+01:00

Tryed to order a comply of robocon but it seems all of jap doesn't take switch only credit cards not even amazon.jp. has any one managered to get a copy anywhere else, or dose someone have old copys that they want to sell looking to use up my paypal account.

bren

Statistics: Posted by Robo1 — Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:48 am

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2007-01-03T08:16:16+01:00

Do you know whether is it possible to susbcribe from foreign countries to Robocon ?

Statistics: Posted by inaki — Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:16 am

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2007-01-03T07:42:45+01:00

You can preview the magazine's pages here.

http://www.robots-dreams.com/2006/12/dy ... featu.html

Humanoido

Statistics: Posted by Humanoido — Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:42 am

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2007-01-03T05:01:56+01:00

I have the Robocon magazines bought from the local book store, in the Republic of China. Yesterday I picked up the 2007 issue. The store clerk said that particular issues is printed once a year. It contains not only reviews of microcontrollers but comprehensive listings of part sources.

It's not cheap. I believe it costs around $15 in Japan. Here, they tack on another $5 bringing it up to $20 per issue. But it does have over 175 pages, color, and slick hi resolution covers.

The advertising is captivating. I always find something new to "track down." While the magazine is all in Japanese language, and I don't read Japanese, I gather valuable humanoid robotic information by reading the technical spec information in the articles, and studying the photos and schematics.

For example, reading the magazine in this manner, I know the blue humanoid on the cover is Dynamizer, has Bluetooth BTX022 Bluestick, and is powered by 11.1 v at 2100mAh, and uses Kondo KRS-2350 HV ICS Red Version Servos. It's powered by Smd software and advertises Autodesk and Roland parts. Plus, the 3 full page photos show every detail in front/back/side views of this fantastic humanoid.

One thing I like to do is follow the URLs printed in the magazine. Then I run the better version translator. There's a posting about it at the Toddler Robot Group, message # 1395 if you want to read up on it.

1395 Translating Humanoid Sites (Japanese to English)
A new translator from Japan makes more sense than ...

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/todd ... ssage/1395

The Robocon magazine is spectacular. In each issue, I always find a remarkable humanoids with designs I'm interested in, then follow up at the web sites and home pages. This process has provided many fruitful links to other humanoid robotic home pages.

Humanoido

Statistics: Posted by Humanoido — Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:01 am

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2006-12-17T20:40:24+01:00

Hi,
Dose any body know if robocon ships direcly to the USA?

NullARC wrote:
sRobot wrote:Which OCR software? Dose any body know of any good translation engines?

I'll start searching for the best options and let you know what I come up with.

Same here.

thanks
--srobot

Statistics: Posted by srobot — Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:40 pm

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2006-12-17T17:18:19+01:00

Thanks for the "heads up" on the etiquette. Useful information. It's easy to accidentally do something that would come across as rude or unkind.

Statistics: Posted by NullARC — Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:18 pm

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2006-12-17T13:07:05+01:00

NullARC wrote:
sRobot wrote:Which OCR software? Dose any body know of any good translation engines?

Unfortunately I have't upgraded my OCR software in quite a few years, and the one that I use came with my scanner here in Japan.

As far as translation engines, the quality of the output depends heavily on the input for any of them. Some Japanese writers are difficult to understand, even in Japanese, so the translation engines don't have much luck with them. Others are a breeze. I've had some cases where the translation engine produces very reasonable, easy to understand copy.

Without spending $$$, you can usually do okay using the online translation engines including Google and Babelfish. I have some translation software from a Japanese company that I use primarily for a first pass, but it wouldn't be much use if you don't already understand the language.

I'll start searching for the best options and let you know what I come up with.

tempusmaster wrote:Probably the best places to start are the Robot Watch site and the ROBO-ONE site. Browse through and understand the content there, then follow the links.

Already surifin' your suggested sites. Thanks again Lem.

Just a few suggestions for everyone.

If you run across a site where you want to leave a comment, then use one of the translation engines to render it into Japanese. Post both the original English and the translation. They will definitely appreciate it.

Avoid copying images and videos without their permission. If you ask first, they may not respond, but they might (and frequently say it's okay). It's better to ask first. Always avoid hot linking to videos or images.

One friend here that runs a popular site ended up in a panic at 3:00 am when her system suddenly crashed. It turned out that someone (a foreigner) had hotlinked to a video on her site that ended up being extremely popular. She was going crazy trying to figure out what went wrong. It took her days to get everything back up and running correctly. And it cost me several beers and a lot of discussion to convince her that not all foreigners act that way. For a while she was seriously considering blocking all non-Japanese traffic, which would have been a big loss for everyone.

If you like what they are doing, then (using the guidelines above) then tell them. They will usually appreciate the attention and feedback, especially from overseas.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:07 pm

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2006-12-17T00:29:48+01:00

Wow, Amazon Japan is getting quite a bit of business because of this thread!
I just ordered the "Buyers Guide" (the one with the Dynamizer layout) and the issue with the HPI/Futaba robot on the cover.

Now I just wait... are they here yet... how about now... now??

sRobot wrote:
Which OCR software? Dose any body know of any good translation engines?

I'll start searching for the best options and let you know what I come up with.

tempusmaster wrote:
Probably the best places to start are the Robot Watch site and the ROBO-ONE site. Browse through and understand the content there, then follow the links.

Already surifin' your suggested sites. Thanks again Lem.

Statistics: Posted by NullARC — Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:29 am

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2006-12-16T16:10:51+01:00

Hi,

tempusmaster wrote:
If you really want to go that route, then a cheap scanner, some OCR software, and some hands-on time piecing the results together will provide you with fairly clean Japanese that can be fed through one of the translation engines.

Which OCR software? Dose any body know of any good translation engines?

thanks
--srobot

Statistics: Posted by srobot — Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:10 pm

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2006-12-16T08:06:15+01:00

NullARC wrote:
Could you please recommend some of the better sites to visit? Since they basically have the same information on their websites, might as well save some money! Though I think I might buy at least one issue just for the cool factor!!

Probably the best places to start are the Robot Watch site and the ROBO-ONE site. Browse through and understand the content there, then follow the links.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:06 am