Filed under: SEMA, Marketing/AdvertisingClick above for a high-res gallery of Yokohama's Superformance MkIII Cobra While many tire manufacturers are cutting back at SEMA this year (come on Michelin, where's our supercar display?), others are pushing forward with new products and generating lots of excitement. Yokohama decided to try positive reinforcement with its dealers and set up a blackjack tournament for its top retailers with the grand prize being a brand new Superformance MkIII Cobra replica ...

Here are some of the friendly faces seen at the Robo Japan 2008 exhibition held at Pacifico Yokohama Hall this weekend. Noir The Kanagawa Institute of Technology exhibited Noir, a blue-eyed “grandchild” robot designed to communicate with and help take care of the elderly. This modified version of Vstone’s Robovie-R robot can carry on a basic conversation, sing songs, and play rock-paper-scissors. * * * * * Reborg-Q // MKR-003 Security firm ALSOK showed off ...