Most of the robots we cover on CrunchGear have been built for research or entertainment purposes, but some of them do become available for the general public at some point. And today we can give you the Palro (Pal+robot) [JP], a soon to be marketed humanoid developed by Tokyo-based Fujisoft.

The little guy stands 39.8cm tall, weighs 1.6kg and boasts a whole range of features: 20 joints, five mics, voice recognition, mono speakers, a 3MP camera, Wi-Fi IEE 802.11 b/g/n, a USB port, an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 1GB internal memory, 4GB flash memory, Ubuntu OS, a gyro-sensor, a three-axis acceleration sensor, eight pressure sensors in his feet, a distance sensor in his head, and a 7.4V/2,800mAh lithium ion battery as his power source.

Fujisoft plans to start selling a total of 1,000 Palros to research institutions on March 15 and to everybody else later (but within this year). Each of the remote-controlled Palros will cost $3,300.

See him dancing and doing other stuff in the following (Japanese) video:
http://blip.tv/play/hMQ5gcKCUgI%2Em4v

Via Game Watch [JP]