1) Humanoid robot 
Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for `learning from the laws of nature`), the first robot to be built in Japan, was created in Osaka in 1929. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist Makoto Nishimura (1883-1956, father of actor Ko Nishimura). Nishimura had served as a professor at Hokkaido Imperial University, studied Marimo and was .....