January 21st, 2011

Video: Mini Humanoid PALRO Now Speaks English

As if mini humanoid PALRO wasn’t awesome enough already, he now can speak English, too. I always thought he was being marketed as a “male” robot, but Tokyo-based maker Fuji Soft gave PALRO a female voice (not that it really matters). → Read More

December 16th, 2010

Videos: Fujisoft's PALRO Humanoid Has A Memory

We’ve covered Fujisoft‘s mini humanoid PALRO twice this year already, but the Tokyo-based company keeps updating the little guy. It now not only walks, dances, looks, “listens”, and “speaks” but also “remembers” objects and places it has previously been to. PALRO stands at 40cm, weighs 1.6kg and is equipped with 20 joints, 5 mics, a 3MP camera, and Wi-Fi. → Read More

February 1st, 2010

Video: Meet Palro, Fujisoft's mini humanoid

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… → Read More