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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. In US $ by walmass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    JPY 500,000 = US $ 4,528 (approx.)

  2. Sony was first!!! by PCrazee · · Score: 2, Redundant
    Sony is allways first ;)

    I've seen this about 4 or 5 month ago:

    http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO

  3. Robosapien? by dahamsta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can't get much of an idea of scale from that photo, but it looks a lot like Mark Tilden's Robosapien, as previously reported on Slashdot. I guess the price would suggest it's a lot bigger, but Aibo ain't all that big and that's pretty expensive. :)

    adam