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While most people have nominated their favorite albums, songs, movies, games, and so on for 2007, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have crowned their picks for robots of year. The top honor went to Fanuc’s two-armed industrial robot system equipped with a visual tracking system. Take a close look at video below. The arms are plucking randomly positioned and oriented objects off of the conveyor belt and neatly stacking them on the other belt. In other words, the robot isn’t just repeating actions, it has to change its motion with every item it picks up, but time it correctly to keep the second belt properly organized. The arms can repeat this action 120 times per minute and run unsupervised 24×7. The famous chocolate scene from “I Love Lucy” just wouldn’t be the same. More from the manufacturer here.

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