Everyone is familiar with Bandai as a world famous toy manufacturer, but outside of Japan very few people are aware of the accomplishments of the Bandai Robot Laboratory lead by Yoshinori Haga. Bandai has been a long term sponsor of major robot events here in Japan including the ROBO-ONE and Micromouse organizations, among others. Their robot product lines, like the TansorBorg robot kit,have delighted and educated budding robot students for…