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EMIEW Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Work-mate Country: Japan Manufacturer: Hitachi Year: 2005 Height: 4.2ft (128cm) Weight: 154lbs (70kg) Webpage Info

EMIEW was created as part of the "Project for the Practical Application of Next-generation Robots" commissioned by the independent administrative agency NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). It has digital cameras and radar-sensors mounted on its head and middle body that allow it to see and fluidly navigate its environment. Because EMIEW has wheels instead of legs it has a speed advantage over its bipedal robotic brethren. EMIEW is capable of traveling at 3.7mph (6kmh) and has a quoted reaction time of 100 milliseconds. Hitachi hopes to sell more advanced versions of the EMIEW robots by 2010.

At the 2005 World EXPO held in Aichi Japan, two EMIEW Robots preformed with a clown to demonstrate their mobility and ability to interact with people.

An EMIEW robot used its speech recognition and synthesized voice technology to temporarily fill the job of hotel clerk at the Grand Tokyo Bay Hotel in March of 2006.

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