SmartPal V robot, now with additional lumbar units!

Straight out of Japan comes the latest mobile robot to ease our daily lives while threatening our jobs, Yasukawa Electric Corporation's SmartPal V. The 1.3-meter tall rolling bot is loaded with all the proximity, speech recognition, and object-detecting sensors we've come to expect from today's modern mech, along with improved dexterity thanks to additional joints and lumbar units as compared to previous models. This latest SmartPal, which was introduced at the 2007 International Robot Exhibition, also rocks its own accessories, such as a head-mounted projector to push the world's last remaining tour guides into early retirement.

[Via Engadget Chinese]

[Jons @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:50AM]

looks like a humanoid wiimote robot saying "ey, dont touch me bro"

[Bakari @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:07AM]

It's cool, Bro! I've got some GameCube and Natty Ice, let's chill...

[Blackstar @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:29PM]

"Gort, Klaatu verata nicto!" "Oh wait, it's Gort's pleasure-bot. Nevermind."

[ken @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:03PM]

Looks like the robot from Robot Rabbit, that Bugs Bunny cartoon.

[ken @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:23PM]

http://www.cambrian.com/robot.jpg
Wolling wobot? Wif speech wecognition? Can it outsmart a wascaly wabbit!

[Wayne @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:39PM]

What? They brought the Nintendo NES R.O.B. back for the Wii?

[Matthew Hilario @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:15PM]

but can it do the robot?

[CaliforniaKid @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:23PM]

Does anyone else recognize "Rosie the Robot" from the Jetsons cartoons?

[dlg @ Dec 4th 2007 6:09AM]

I knew I'd seen this before:-

http://albums.mouseplanet.com/WDWAllStarMoviesProcessed/fantasia_sorcerors_apprentice.jpg

Don't let it clean your kitchen, or you'll have a helluva bill for flood damage ;-p

[Goreged Bushed @ Dec 5th 2007 9:41AM]

Wow, finally a vacuum cleaner w/arms can now pick up my dirty socks before sweeping the floor. GENUIS

[Timothy Frierson @ Dec 16th 2007 3:52PM]

I hear "PowerHouse"(from the'40's WB cartoons)playing in the background when I look at this...