Highlights from the International Robot Exhibition 2013 From: IEEE Spectrum - 11/25/2013 By: Evan Ackerman The theme for this year's International Robot Exhibition (IREX) in Tokyo was "Making a Future with Robot." Toyota's Human Support Robot http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/10-DSC_0027-1385377343362.JPG Partner Robot, as its name suggests, is a robot that assists people with a combination of caring and intelligence. http://www.toyota-global.com/innovation/partner_robot/family_2.html Japan gets kids started early on powered exoskeletons. http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/11-DSC_0050-1385377354635.JPG Paro http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/17-DSC_0302-1385377428015.JPG Therapeutic Robots Paro and Keepon Are Cute But Still Costly http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/therapeutic-robots-paro-and-keepon-are-cute-but-still-costly Read the entire article and view a video (2:56) at: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/highlights-from-irex-2013/