Meet Kintore-Z, the world's most useless robot

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

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

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As CrunchGear’s Japan correspondent, I have come across many robots both off- and online in my time: small ones, big ones, cute ones, ugly ones, useful ones, even some sexy ones. But this one beats them all.

The robot in question goes by the name of Kintore-Z (Muscle Trainer-Z) and he is a Baka Robo, a stupid robot. So what does this guy do? He is ugly and makes push-ups. After a certain number of exercises, he falls apart and gets eyebrows that come right out of his brain. That’s it.

Watch the video if you don’t believe it. If Thanko produced robots, this would be their masterpiece.

Via Pink Tentacle

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