The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 29 Number 8 q April 15, 2019 q www.asianreporter.com
Toyota robot can’t slam dunk
but shoots a mean three-pointer
“Reiwa” era begins
May 1 in Japan
Page 4
Horses race to
keep devils away
Page 5
Philippines seizes
757 tarantulas
Page 16
THREE-POINT THREAT. Toyota’s basketball robot, Cue 3, takes a shot at a gymnasium in Fuchu, Tokyo. The 6’10” machine made five of eight three-pointers dur-
ing a demonstration in a Tokyo suburb, a ratio its engineers say is worse than usual. Toyota Motor Corp.’s robot computes as a three-dimensional image where the basket
is, using sensors on its torso, and adjusts motors inside its arm and knees to give the shot the right angle and propulsion for a swish. See story on page 8. (AP Photo/Yuri
Kageyama)
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