Nippon Institute of Technology Reveals New Robot [New Educational Robot Stands 4 Feet Tall, Teaches Kids About Robots]

We all know the Japanese love humanoid robots. The newest cyborg creation to come out of that country is the Nippon Institute of Technology’s e-NUVO walk bot. The robot pal stands about four feet tall, and will help education school children.

e-NUVO was constructed with help from Harada Vehicle Design, ZMP and ZNUG Design. It’s size was picked to make it roughly the same size of an elementary school student. It’s purpose is to go into schools and teach said elementary school kids about… robots, specifically humanoid robots.

The 4 foot tall, 15kg robot has 21 degrees of freedom, and comes with cameras, accelerometers and tons of sensors, all which help it achieve bipedal walking and navigation. The droid has some preprogrammed control patterns, but can be controlled via a remote or a PC. In addition to talking – he even has a built in projector to display images and video on a flat surface (R2-D2’s holoprojector – anybody?)