Tickle-me Tichno
Osaka robotics startup Vstone and Japan Remote Control Co. recently unveiled a kid-sized robot called Tichno that can play soccer, albeit slowly, balance on one leg and do calisthenics.It came out a winner at the RoboCup Japan Open in Numazu last month.
At 130 cm tall (4.2'), Tichno is designed to be the same size as a third-grade Japanese elementary school student. It weighs 26 kg (56 lbs) has 22 degrees of mechanical freedom. He also has newly developed knee servo motors for exceptional stability. It has the same controller as Vstone's Robovie-X tabletop humanoid and can be manipulated with a gamepad.
Vstone plans to equip the bots with voice-recognition technology and sell them to companies as marketing gimmicks. They'll be available for rental at a daily fee of around $5,000.
Via Robot Watch
posted by Tim at 5:43 PM
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'Tichno [..] has the same controller as Vstone's Robovie-X tabletop humanoid and can be manipulated with a gamepad.'
Okay, that's pretty ace. Could you imagine a game of five-a-side soccer, using nothing but remote-controlled Tichnos?
Kinda related: Tichno's appearance reminds me of Drossel from the new Disney Japan CG show, 'Fireball'. It centres round a robot princess and her put-upon robot servant, and it's fairly demented...
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