Mitsubishi's Wakamaru

They're only making 100 consumer-available Wakamaru bots (which is good, because they're selling 'em for ¥1,575,000, about $14,300 US), but Mitsubishi believe this little child-bot that has a listening vocabulary of about 10,000 words and face recognition for up to ten people will be able to take care of the place while the master's away. We'd just like to see it vacuuming with its older brother, the Dyson.

[Thanks, Toshio]

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

Looks like that robot from The Jetsons.

[Google Nazi @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

I am Awesome-o!

[Seth @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

"Deadly Friend 1.2"

[Gary! @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

Give it a chrome-job and it looks like Box from Logan's Run...
"My birds! My birds!"

[Pal @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

I actually saw five of them at the World Expo in Aichi Japan this summer :)

They look more like Robita from Phoenix.
http://pds.exblog.jp/logo/1/200407%2F10%2F63%2Fa0035263%2Ejpg

[Dana @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

Yes, but does it have a built in speaker to play the haunting Torgo theme?

[Ryan Block @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

Thank god someone caught the Manos ref.