Humanoid Robot Wars
New Products — Humanoid robot
Toymaker Kyosho has come up with… “Manoi,” is capable of walking on two feet and kicking a soccer ball.
One-fifth the scale of the human body, the 40-cm robot is designed by Tomotaka Takahashi, a renowned robot designer. Kyosho is also planning to host the Athletic Humanoid Cup several times a year with such events as the 5-meter sprint…
The problem is Manoi looks he’s moving in on ASTROBOY’s turf although he’s a bit more expensive at 150,000 yen ($1,275 USD)—Not many of these Manoi robots will be serving as children’s toys in homes.
Besides, Manoi looks even looks a bit like Astroboy, don’t you think?
For more info on Manoi(tm), visit the Kyosho Corp. website.
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November 6th, 2005 at 8:00 am
My friends at Volks debuted a similar item this summer called the Robofie. They have some info at http://www.volks.co.jp/jp/robofie/products/products.html
November 6th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
YIKES! The Volks robot can bust a move. It has a lot of snap to its motions compared to Sony’s lame AIBO which is so sloooooow.