Trend: Japanese Beat Bots

Sega Toys’ cut-price ODO feels the robo-rhythm.

In the wake of the Sony Rolly, the original iPod dock on wheels Miuro from ZMP has collaborated with Sega Toys to produce Music Robot ODO, a Miuro-like speaker robot that costs significantly less than the original but still bumps out the tunes.

Music Robot ODO doesn’t have the wireless LAN or camera features of the Miuro (among other missing features), but at a tenth of the Miuro’s over $1000 price it’s hard to complain. The LCD screen in the front changes the “emotion” of ODO as it dances along to the tempo of the music, and the remote control gives motion control as well so you can drive it into a loved one’s room while playing Never gonna give you up. It’s a rolling Rickroll for the masses!

Check out the demo video

via AFPBB News

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