Ultra-cute: Meet Bandai's new Baby Animal robots

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Dr. Serkan Toto currently works as the first and only Asia-based writer for the TechCrunch network, mainly covering Japan-related technology and web companies for TechCrunch, CrunchGear and MobileCrunch. Serkan also works full-time as an independent web and mobile industry consultant with a focus on the Japanese market. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. Serkan... → Learn More

They are little pandas, ice bears, tigers and lions and they all are Japan’s newest toy robots. CCP, the company behind the so-called Baby Animals [JP], is part of the Bandai Namco Group, meaning an export of the robots outside Nippon is possible in the future (Bandai America brought the Mugen Pop Pop to the US, after all).

Each of the robots is equipped with four sensors and two buttons. The animal will start moving its mouth and making “realistic” sounds every time you touch its head or neck. It will react the same way if you lull it. Ignore the robot for about 5 minutes and it will start sleeping (it then only wakes up by pulling the right ear).

Powered by 4 AA batteries, the baby animals’ sitting height is 35cm. Bandai plans to start selling the robots in Japan this week for $80 each.

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