Smallest humanoid a chip off the old block
I-Sobot, a new toy from Takara Tomy, has been launched as the world's smallest humanoid robot in production, certified by Guinness World Records. It's a 165 mm (6.5"), remote-controlled droid that walks, punches, kicks, does gymnastics and plays music. Its interesting features include 17 servo units, a gyro sensor for balance and the ability to recognize 10 voice commands. Not bad for $350.
I-Sobot also has a spoken repertoire of over 200 sound effects, words and cute asides like "I could go for an ice-cold can of STP." Funny, but its ancestor Omnibot from the mid-1980s (i-Sobot's name is actually "Omnibot 17μ i-Sobot") seemed to have more style, at least in the TV ads. He even makes a pass at a vacuum cleaner.
posted by Tim at 8:29 PM
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I would think GeStream's untitled humanoid would topple that record, since it stands 15cm tall — centimeter and a half shorter than Omnibot. But I'm not sure what other measurements they take under consideration.
Cool little bot, but I think i-Sobot gets the title of the smallest humanoid robot in production. It's on the market. Gestream's is listed as coming this month or next.
Ah, yeah. That explains it.
haha, Omnibot is hilarious! i-sobot is cool, I'd get one if it wasn't $350!
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