The Robovie-I is a 6″ high programmable robot from Japan’s VStone, makers of robot soccer teammembers and robot components. Robovie-I can walk, right itself when it falls over, duke it out with other Robovies, and yes, play soccer. No word on if it’ll be available in the US or how much it’ll cost. Check out the video on Akihabara News. It has a very strange way of counterbalancing its movement. I love the two bots playing Sumo on what looks like an overturned Chinet dinner plate.
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