Manoi: I'll take Manhattan

I had a great run in the U.S. promoting my book Loving the Machine. There was lots of interest in Japanese bots among the public and media. Manoi AT01, my plastic traveling companion seen here in New York, got a lot of stares. Lugging him around in a shoulder bag also gave me a bad back. Manoi is a hobby kit humanoid made by the good folks at Kyosho Corp. of Japan. But more on him later -- one highlight of the tour was playing robot dressup at Dark Carnival in Berkeley!