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Two-Legged Home Robot, Coming Soon To Japan

Posted by timothy on from the for-that-money-it-better-wash-dishes dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Two Japanese companies, (ZMP corp., and Mizuno, a athletic goods manufacturer), announced that they will start selling the first two-legged robot for home use. The robot, called nuvo, will retail for 500,000 yen. It wil be able to understand 1,000 (Japanese) words, dance, and allow the owner to contact the robot via 3G phones."

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  1. Will I get modded down.... by Scrab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    for commenting without RTFA....

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  2. Re:A toy? by TEB_78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...even notify the authorities if the owner doesn't move for more than a specified time.

    Sounds like a good tool to prevent people from getting too fat. Maybe something for Bush's next war, the war on fat. ;)

  3. Re:Screw this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Chiiiiiii.