Mar 09 (TTI - English) - In 1967, the WABOT-project was started at Waseda University Japan. In 1972, the first android, the WABOT-1 made its appearance to the world.
This robot could move, see and talk, had the mental capabilities of a 1.5 year old child.
In 1984, WABOT-2 made its entry, with number of improvements. Surprisingly, It was capable to play musical instrument like piano. Because, it had 10 awesome fingers, and can read musical notes in front of it.
Then, In 1986, the Japanese Automative company Honda Motors kickstarted it research and development program in robotics. And, fortunately, world saw a cute astronaut robot in October 2000. And everyone know his name, ASIMO. Asimo is capable of interacting with human successfully. And, in 2015, ASIMO was considered as the most advanced humanoid robot in the world.
Then in 2014, a Japanese company SoftBank Robotics unveiled a semi-humanoid robot Pepper.
Similar story is of Toyota, that was already producing industrial robots since 1980s. However, in 2005, they released Partner-Robot that could play music in group. After that, In 2017, Toyota unveiled 1.5 meter tall robot T-HR3.