The Miuro – The Ultimate Portable Music Accessory

There are a wealth of accessories to facilitate listing to your favourite music tracks whilst going about your daily tasks, but the Music Innovation based on Utility Robot technology device, otherwise helpfully referred to the Miuro, is undoubtedly the ultimate amongst the plethora of mobile music accessories presently available.

Developed in collaboration between none other than the distinguished stereo manufacturer Kenwood and ZMP, this clever 14″ wide device is designed to follow you around the house like a love sick puppy whilst playing music from you iPod (which can be conveniently docked on-board) or via Windows Media Player or iTunes via an inbuilt WiFi receiver.

You can see a video of Miuro in action after the jump.

“Robotic technology adds another convenience to mobile music,
letting you listen to music wherever you are
without even thinking about it.”
- Hisashi Taniguchi (ZMP’s President)

Additional accessories for the Miuro include the aforementioned WiFi connection, additional batteries for greater range and even a camera which will allow the device to map its own routes throughout your house. The device is available in four colours – yellow, red, black or the somewhat obligatory white – and costs around £500 ($920 USD / €740) so it certainly cannot be considered a purchase for the faint hearted amongst us.

You can see a video presentation of the Miuro below (click on the image to view via a stream or you can download if preferred).

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Coincidentally, if you have a little more than £500 to spend you may be interested to know that ZMP are also the company behind the £3000 15” tall voice recognition Nuvo Robot – the first robot to be actively marketed for home users. Weighing in at 2.5kgs, Nuvo comprises of 14 separate servo motors which allow him to walk on all manner of surfaces at a speed of up to 3 meters a minute (and he can even get back up on his feet in the unlikely event that he falls over).

You can link to the official Miuro website here (please note that as the website is in Japanese, the link offered here is to Google’s rather disjointed English translation of the page). Alternatively, you can link to the official Nuvo website (which is offered in English) via this link.