1/13/2008

My wacky Tokyo buddy, Rob Pongi, posted kool videos of the Sony’s dorky dancing robot the “Rolly” that’s being released in the US. However, way back in August 2006 I reported on a ridiculously similar MP3 dancing robo-device, the “Miuro”, and I cannot imagine how Sony or Miuro is getting away with copying the other, sheesh.

Rolling robot takes the tunes with you
CNN.com – 12:36 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2006, TOKYO, Japan (AP) – The new Japanese robot Miuro turns an iPod music player into a dancing boombox-on-wheels. The 14-inch-long machine from ZMP Inc. blares music as it rolls and twists from room to room…The $930 Miuro — short for ‘music innovation based on utility robot technology’…

Visit Sony’s Japanese website for the Rolly and read the silly machine translation for details of the dancing robot.

Sony Rolly – Commercial (1:19)

Rolly vs Cat (1:09)