April 20, 2010
Chararobo Creates Robot Mascot for Cable TV
A new Japanese company called Chararobo (Character Robot) has produced a robot for Cable TV, Inc. based on C.C.9’s mascot Kyuchan (kyu being “9″ in Japanese). This robot starts to dance when it detects a person nearby. It is located on the front desk on the Cable TV’s headquarters.
The robot is 80cm (2′7″) tall including its antennae. It weighs around 4kg (8.8 lbs), and has a total of six degrees of freedom using Futaba servo motors.
As its name suggests, Chararobo’s entire business seems to be the designing, manufacturing, and programming of such “character robots” to be sold or rented to companies. The prices are quite reasonable, ranging between 800,000 ~ 1,500,000 JPY ($8,600 ~ $16,000 USD) with an average delivery time of 3 months.
Click here to read more about Kyuchan, Chararobo..
Written by: John
Filed Under: Robotics
Tags: Antennae, Cable Tv, Degrees Of Freedom, Delivery Time, Front Desk, Japanese Character, Japanese Company, Japanese Dance, Jpy, Kyu, Mascot, Robot Dance, Robots, Servo Motors, Six Degrees, Tv New
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