(20 Jan 2015) NEW HUMANOID ROBOTS HOST OWN NEWS CONFERENCE
Robots that look and speak like humans hosted their own news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday (20 JAN 2015), conversing with each other and addressing the audience.
Two female humanoid robots helped introduce two new designs, the Sota and the CommU, one of which will go on sale later in the year.
"Let me first introduce myself. I am Kodomoroid, a human lookalike robot," one of the humanoids told the audience.
"I am so delighted to be appointed as MC (Master of Ceremonies) for this press conference where we introduce the new robots."
All of the robots were developed by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, who later took the stage, telling journalists they shouldn't expect too much from robot conversation.
"These robots cannot really conduct complicated communication but if we human beings join the conversation held between two robots, I think the situation should feel like natural enough conversation," he said.
Sota, a button-eyed robot that resembles a child's doll, goes on sale in July for 100,000 yen (850 US dollars), while CommU, a more elaborate design, will cost five times as much.
It is not clear when CommU will be available.
Japan is a leading maker of robots, and its repertoire has ranged from industrial robots to whimsical toys.

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