Kawada NEXTAGE humanoid robot just wants to help out (video)

In a world where the Headtime scalp massager not only exists but presumably even sells, is it any wonder that assistant robots like this here fella are cropping up? While keeping the design somewhat generic in order to be able to adapt the bot to the particular circumstances where it is employed, the designers at Kawada Industries are keen to promote the NEXTAGE as a step toward humans and machines co-existing and working together in harmony. Sounds peachy, doesn't it? Of course, some meatsack will have to be made redundant to make way for the machines, but humans were always going to be sacrificed for the greater robotic good. That was the plan all along. See the video demo after the break.

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[NAME Posted Nov 19th 2009 12:53PM]

"robot just wants to help..."

Yea, Help you DIE!!!!

[xCrunk Posted Nov 19th 2009 12:53PM]

Yeah, he wants your wife. Dirty robot!

[fastolfe Posted Nov 19th 2009 1:21PM]

He's quietly planning ways to murder you meatbags.

[xCrunk Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:39PM]

@fastolfe

Meatbags...LOL!

[Eternity Posted Nov 19th 2009 1:22PM]

It's the all-new Johnny Five! Just look at these items! Increased memory: five hundred megabytes on-line! I come with a utility pack and dozens of gadgets for outdoor living, lots of Greenpeace stickers, and even my own Nike swoosh! And, if you act now, I'll throw in, absolutely free, my all-new, multi-frequency remote control!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2009 9:00PM]

@Shaka
Who's Johnny?

[Eternity Posted Nov 19th 2009 9:38PM]

@Asuka
I see what you did there...
http://media.photobucket.com/image/johnny%205/MarkSamuelson/johnny5.jpg

[Spoony Posted Nov 19th 2009 1:50PM]

look like R.O.B for the NES

[SuperTuna Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:17PM]

@Spoony

Like R.O.B. but more menacing :D

[das boot Posted Nov 19th 2009 1:57PM]

Why on earth are we making droids? sooner or later they'll become sentient and enslave us all. Stop the madness!

on another topic, can this robot lick peanut butter off of certain things?

[paezbak Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:06PM]

this new engadget layout sucks.

[glamajamma Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:19PM]

@STORM of London
now I really don't want to buy your watch

[tveye Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:19PM]

Why am I not surprised it's Japanese?

[RogueHerries Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:47PM]

PLEASE tell me this thing can say "Danger! Will Robinson, Danger!" LOL that would be AWESOME!!

[Dr Spaceman Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:55PM]

NO DISASSEMBLE

[theswiss Posted Nov 19th 2009 3:15PM]

interesting..I've got this feeling that this tin-men will make some people working in factories sooner or later redundant..and of course when human is gone start building robots with the killing instinct!

[Blackfeather Posted Nov 19th 2009 3:17PM]

Anyone else having trouble with videos showing up in posts?

[thebline Posted Nov 19th 2009 5:10PM]

Not videos, but Engadget is broken as all hell in my Firefox. With JS on it takes upwards of a minute for the page to load (it locks Firefox in the process), with JS off it loads in a few seconds...

Also, it is impossible for me to log in under firefox. I need to log in using Safari.

I, for one, do not welcome our new Engadget overlord's website...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2009 5:15PM]

Notice when all three robots slow down at the same time in the video?
That must be when the Vista computer controlling them decided to reindex the drive under Windows Media Center.

[x181 Posted Nov 19th 2009 5:18PM]

look at the video. they have their creator backed into a corner. can we trust them?