For this foray, I’ve had a look around the robotics hobby shop “Robot Kingdom” (ツクモロボット王国), run by very reasonable Akiba PC chain Tsukumo, on the 3rd floor of their “パソコン本店” flagship PC department store. I’ve always been very interested in robotics, and Japan is the world leader in this field; not only that, it even has a vibrant hobby robotics scene. So checking out the robot hobby shops in Akihabara is naturally something I have been keen to get around to, and post about.
- Artefact commented on May 24, 2008 07:41
- I think it will be very interesting to see what happens to the market as the price comes down to allow sophisticated fabrication at a low price; if it created a market for manufacturing as... More
- Karasu-kun commented on May 24, 2008 06:40
- They've actually had those machines available for a little while now, but on the manufacturer end. Although they aren't CAD, they use full 3-D renderings with compatible machines to produce figures and such. Japanese companies... More
