Akiba Robot Fair 2006

Earlier this month, me and a friend went to the Akiba Robot Fair in Akihabara. Akihabara is also known as "Electric Town" and is famed for its enormous electronics shops. It has also evolved into a center for geek ("otaku") culture with its many games- and anime shops, and more recently the Maid Cafés. The last time I was in Akihabara I don't think these even existed, now you are greeted by a number of maids promoting their cafés as soon as you come out of the station (on a busy Saturday at least).

The robot fair itself, located in a shiny new building behind the station, featured robot football and battle events, build-your-own-robot workshops, special demonstrations and of course a display of various robots.

Click on the images below to see the videos I took at the fair.

A creepily realistic robot woman.	Kids confuse a penguin robot.
Robot Battle: Humiliation!	A typical Robot Battle.

You can read another blog post about the Akiba Robot Fair here.