Tokyo Toy Show coverage, part 2: Watch A.M.P., E.M.A. and other robots in action

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Monday, June 23rd, 2008

In this year’s Tokyo Toy Show, robots of all kinds and sizes were abundant, the majority of which I found to be very creepy. Especially Sega’s gigantic Golden Retriever is a genuinely scary “animal”.

Below are some videos I shot of Sega robots during the show.

Sega-Hasbro’s A.M.P music robot

Sega’s kissing robot E.M.A. (it really can kiss people and looked amazing)

Sega’s line of robo pets [JP]

Sega’s Golden Retriever robot [JP] (on sale in Japan from September 26th for $300)

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