Technabob » plen http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:15:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Plen: the Rollerskating Robot http://technabob.com/blog/2006/10/08/plen-the-rollerskating-robot/ http://technabob.com/blog/2006/10/08/plen-the-rollerskating-robot/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:49:26 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2006/10/08/plen-the-rollerskating-robot/ 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 robot skating

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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