Officially the Desktop Hobby Robot, Plen is such a cutie!! Check out Plen in action by clicking the Gallery tab on the website. Such smooth moves…
He is powered by a 32-bit ARM7 CPU, and apparently has Bluetooth and USB connection support. Can't quite make out the Japanese, but it seems like you can program him and control him with your cell phone. Or perhaps he controls the cell phone? Haha… or use it as a skateboard. Although you'll need to install some wheels/rollers on the cell phone first.
Other things Plen can do to amuse you includes picking up objects and tossing them, doing karate kicks, skating forwards AND backwards, and even getting up by itself after falling.
How much would you pay for this three-quarter ft tall "toy"? Try one-quarter million yen. Thats more than $2000 in USD. Pricey, to say the least… but why do I have an irrational desire to get one? Maybe I should get a robotics kit and try building my own robot instead. But I doubt I'll be able to come up with something close to Plen, plus those kits aren't cheap either.
Oh well, my N95 isn't Plen, but it's PLENty amusement and entertainment for me already!
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