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Kawasaki Heavy Industries has plenty of experience mass-producing industrial robots, and now we get to see some of its early progress into service robots, multi-purpose humanoids, and, for some reason, a rather silly-looking ride-on robot goat.

Ukrainian company Highland Systems has debuted a unique multi-role armored vehicle at the IREX defense expo in Abu Dhabi. The Storm is an armored MPV with a hybrid powertrain and fully amphibious capabilities, with a submersible version coming.

Japanese techno-artist Yasuhito Udagawa (AKA Shovelhead) put on an extensive exhibition of his mesmerising techno creations on display at the International Robotics Exhibitionin Tokyo recently. Awesome images.

The D+ropop robotic mannequin is incredibly elegant and will perform a host of new and existing modeling tasks for a one-off price of around USD$5500. It'll work 24/7, won’t throw tantrums, get involved in scandals, or be perpetually late.