plen: the rollerskating robot

October 8th, 2006 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! by: 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.

Plen Rollerskating Robot

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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  4. danel says:

    make robots like that

  5. JosesKaraoke says:

    Just a short note to say I like your blog.

    Good job and keep up the great work!

    Kenneth

  6. JoeyBurns says:

    Wow, there is some really nice info here.
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    Way to go! ;-)

    Joey

  7. ROBERT says:

    me gustaria que me enbien mas sobre robot

  8. sitar says:

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

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