Dino robots and other wonders at CEATEC 2014

A dinosaur robot produced by Tyco Electronics Japan G.K. is controlled by a smartphone at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) Japan 2014, held at at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

Over 500 companies and organizations are exhibiting at CEATEC JAPAN 2014, which runs through Oct. 11, 2014.

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A TE Connectivity Japan staff member demonstrates how to control its dinosaur robot "TE Saurus" using a smart phone during the annual CEATEC Japan advanced technologies show in Chiba, Oct. 7, 2014.

Users can make the 21-foot-long, dinosaur robot walk forward and backward, jump, move its head, hands and legs up and down, left and right and open and close its mouth by touching the screen panel.

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Japanese electronic parts maker Murata Manufacturing unveils 10 small robots known as the "Murata Cheerleaders," as they perform at the CEATEC electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

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Murata Manufacturing's latest concept robots, the "Murata Cheerleaders," demonstrate how they balance on balls and synchronize as a team by utilizing sensing and communication technology, at the CEATEC electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

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Toshiba Corp. demonstrates its communications android named "Ms. Aiko Chihira" that can use sign language and introduce itself, at CEATEC JAPAN 2014, in Chiba, Oct. 7, 2014.

Japan robotics expo

Toshiba Corp. demonstrates its communications android named "Ms. Aiko Chihira," at CEATEC JAPAN 2014, in Chiba, Oct. 7, 2014.

Japan robotics expo

Toshiba Corp. demonstrates its communications android named "Ms. Aiko Chihira," at CEATEC JAPAN 2014, in Chiba, Oct. 7, 2014.

Japan robotics expo

A model displays Japanese mobile communication giant NTT Docomo's mobile navigation device "Yubi Navi" (Finger Navigator), which uses tactile sensations to guide the user, at the CEATEC electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

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A man wears the lightweight robot suit "Skeletonics" which expands its users' motions two times larger at the CEATEC electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

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Two large replicas of the famous statue "Manneken Pis," stand on the engine space of a model of a F1 machine, to display an explanation of fuel cell systems at the Honda booth at the CEATEC electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

Japan robotics expo

Japanese electronics company Omron displays a table tennis playing robot, at the CEATEC electronics trade show in Chiba, Japan, Oct. 7, 2014.

Japan robotics expo

Japan's Omron Corp. demonstrates a table tennis playing robot at CEATEC, Oct. 7, 2014.