Scooting around

Standing 80 cms tall and weighing just 14 kgs,

and costing? for industrial use or community services?

i don't trust it - why does a robot need glasses?

The guy with the eyeglasses is he a robot too !!!!

excellent - wont be needing those foreign nurses for too much longer!!

And the day will come when humans wont be able to coexist with humans.

Standing 80 cms tall and weighing just 14 kgs

Perfect match for the "new generation without kids".

waste of money. these toys are not practical for daily life.

debucho, maybe not now, but if they don.t improve their designs...etc they can.t create the good one, right??

Hurry up Hitachi! We're still waiting for the Lovedoll 5000. Extra pouty lips on my one please!

Ooooh so so cute!

And when a foreigner walks into the room the little fella stares and points as it utters 'gaijin da'.

Continual xenophobia and paranoia rides on his every success. Well funded no doubt.

I find this sad. Why not have a conversation with an actual person? 6 billion on the planet and that's too difficult huh? People might have opinions but keep this up and soon the robots will too and then where will you be?

Robot technology is still in its infancy, but Japanese industry has made great strides. Only a couple generations in R&D before robots that can be effective in helping in major disasters to compliment search dogs. A lot of uses are on the horizon.

apecNetworks -compliment search dogs: "good work, rover"

And Japan's next Prime Minister is .....

The future of Japan without human beings is not that far off. Honestly, building robots is more important than the lack of of real face to face interaction, no wonder why the birthrate is so low. God bless Japan.

What necessary services is it able to perform?

Next up: Mega Man... Hopefully the X model