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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. Coming Sooner to Slashdot by dbretton · · Score: 0, Troll

    Users who could give a damn about two-legged robots coming soon to Japan!

    Yup, it's a troll, but I bet a whole bunch of you agree with me...

  2. Re:Why is Japan? by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 0, Troll
    No, the Japanese just choose to dedicate scarce resources towards these kinds of useless baubles instead of actual worthful products.

    The Japanese are not nearly as price-conscious as Americans. Americans want everything cheap, that's why cell phones with picture capability have just come out there. Japan has had them for 3-4 years now, because they didn't mind the $400-$600 pricetag when they were new.

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