Looking like the result of a love-triangle between a Segway, Rolly and a Miuro this is the new A.M.P. (Automated Music Personality or Ampbot) from Sega-Hasbro.
Ampbot stands 2.4-feet tall and features an MP3 player / iPod cradle on its back, stereo speakers, and the ability to follow, chase and interact with its owner.
Sound comes out via a 5-inch mid-range speaker in the chest and a pair of smaller tweeters in the shoulders for a total of 12 watts tunage.
Osamu Takeuchi of Sega Toys says,
“The owner can also enjoy being chased around the house by the robot.”
That’s a selling point? Sounds a tad ominous to me!
The Ampbot and controller requires 9 batteries (6x D and 3x AAA) for about 10-hours of continuous music.
Wouldn’t it have been better to have added a charging station? If a robotic hoover can have one why can’t a music-bot?
Ampbot will be out by the end of the year for around $500 in the US and Japan.
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Interesting, but when I first saw it I thought the hands were that way so that you could strap food trays on it and send it around a party as a serving robot.
That’s a fantastic idea.
Beer, nibbles and music = partayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! :0)
J