Hyakushiki-Ou 05NOV2008 Robots

This is the first episode with Totsu from A.B.C.-Z as a part of the cast and he lucked out and got a fun topic to learn about, robots. And of course with Japan being the robot capital of the world there are a plethora of varieties that get to be shown.

Shoon and Takada are the lucky ones that get to do the location shoot and start off watching a demonstration of ASIMO, a humanoid robot created by Honda.


Then it moves to the studio to look at the smaller robots that they can bring in. The first is rather small which Inohara, Shoon and Totsu all get a turn at controlling.


After another quiz segment another robot is brought into the studio, this one being able to talk and programmed to respond to things being said to it.


Then it goes back to a quiz segment that segues into the next on location segment with Shoon and Takada getting the chance to pilot a robot at the complex that they’re at. They first janken for it and Takada wins so he gets to try first but after some begging Shoon gets to take over.


Then it’s the next robot in the studio. It’s small and mobile like the first but can speak as well. It also has a camera in it so it can ‘see’ with a built in camera that can recognize people's faces. Like with all the robots everyone enjoys seeing what it can do, especially when this one laughs. And this leads us into the credits.


The end clip is of the robot as it takes an unusual pose.