中国机器人联盟

10月17日，日本又发布一5000美元的服务机器人(英语)- -

                                      

October 17, 2004 -- First it was econ omy cars, then slightly more emotional machines like the Yan kees' Hideki Matsui.

Now the hot new Japa nese import is ifbot — a pint- sized personal robot that knows when you're happy or sad, can teach you Japanese and loves to hug.

Ifbot is the latest and greatest in the new trend of "companion robots," already a hit with Japanese kids and their parents.

Starting next year, designers are hoping they'll rush off the shelves here, too — for a cool $5,000.

"He's too cute! I could hang out with him for hours," said Yao Li, 25, a scientist from Boston. "I've been talking to him just five minutes, and he already knows my favorite colors, food and that I'm looking forward to a friend's party tonight."

Li and more than a thousand other gadget geeks got a first look at ifbot at the DigitalLife exhibition at the Javits Center.

The handshaking, dancing toy says things like, "You seem to like me, and I like you — let's play together" and "I'm feeling pretty sad — maybe if we talk for a while you could cheer me up!"

"He's been two years in the making and is the most advanced and certainly the most fun out of all the robots in Japan," said creator Yoshimichi Hashiba.

- 作者： chinarobot 2004年10月18日, 星期一 12:37 加入博采