First we had the spherical drone and we now have the spherical butler. Sanyo’s Mirai Sanzo robot won’t do housework unfortunately, nonetheless it will interpret your voice commands and relay them for your home automation system, just in the event you happen to live inside the variety of wondrous abode depicted after the break. To satisfy its mission as a “communication robot,” the WiFi-connected 22cm helper comes with a touchscreen, touch sensors (for switching off and on) and voice recognition — all powered by an undisclosed version of Android. It’ll also show seven different emotions by glowing in various colors, making it about thrice more expressive than some humans. Mirai Sanzo might be out in Japan any time now, and while we are not sure of the cost, we now have tried to translate the name. We arrived at “Future Bob”, but we’re open to other suggestions.
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Interesting new dimension to the automation trend. Is it designed to move around the house or stay in one central location?