Plen: the Rollerskating Robot
October 8th, 2006
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:
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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make robots like that
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Good job and keep up the great work!
Kenneth
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Joey
me gustaria que me enbien mas sobre robot
i like robots. and i am confident of bringing a new evolution.
plen is the stupedest name for a robot ever!