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plen: the rollerskating robot

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posted: October 8th, 2006 stumble it!8 comments author: technabob

PLEN, the Desktop Hobby Robot is a little (9-inch tall) robot from Japan which is capable of balancing itself on a mini-skateboard or to skate on its own included rollerskates.

Here’s a video of the robot in action:

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PLEN’s 18 joints can be controlled remotely using a Bluetooth phone and can run for about 25 minutes on a single charge. Created by Systec Akazawa, PLEN is available from Plen Japan for 262,500 Yen (appx. $2220 USD)

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8 comments comment

1. RobotWorldOnline.com &raq&hellip | October 8th, 2006 at 5:35 pm

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2. plen: the rollerskating r&hellip | January 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm

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3. interesting things - kura&hellip | January 6th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

[...] Link [in Japanese, with movie goodness. Warning: website has an annoyingly upbeat background music] - via technabob [...]
4. danel | August 4th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

make robots like that
5. JosesKaraoke | August 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm

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Good job and keep up the great work!

Kenneth
6. JoeyBurns | August 31st, 2007 at 6:32 pm

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Joey
7. ROBERT | October 13th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

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8. sitar | October 15th, 2007 at 11:58 am

i like robots. and i am confident of bringing a new evolution.