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# Astro Boy’s Birthday
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/astro-boy-8217-s-birthday/
- Published: 2003-04-07T23:05:44.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-14T11:43:43.000Z
- Description: The anime robot Tetsuwan Atom or Astro Boy was born on April 7, 2003 and Japan is celebrating in style today with the reenactment…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

The anime robot [Tetsuwan Atom](http://www.biwako.ne.jp/~susan908/atomshitajiki.html?ref=protein.xyz) or [Astro Boy](http://www.absoluteanime.com/astro%5Fboy/?ref=protein.xyz) was born on April 7, 2003 and Japan is celebrating in style today with the reenactment of his birth. This past weekend, [Robodex 2003](http://www.robodex.org/?ref=protein.xyz) conference displayed the current state of robot technology with [mobile phone controlled robots](http://nooper.co.jp/showcase/gallery.php?s=36&l=en&ref=protein.xyz), [a £500,000 AstroBoy doll clad in jewels](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in%5Fdepth/photo%5Fgallery/2919393.stm?ref=protein.xyz) and the [Honda Asimo humanoid](http://world.honda.com/robot/?ref=protein.xyz). More on Japanese cultural attitudes to robots in the [Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030403b2.htm&ref=protein.xyz) and [Daily Yomiuri](http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030403woa1.htm?ref=protein.xyz). [Link](http://en.tezuka.co.jp/tomm/event%5Fnews/event/?ref=protein.xyz)