Japanese toy manufacturer Sega is taking the world by storm with their latest releases.
Sega has partnered with Hasbro to release a remote controled Automated Music Personality, or Ampbot, that can be hooked up to an MP3 player or iPod on its back.
Osamu Takeuchi of Sega Toys explains that “the Ampbot is for men who like robots and who as children dreamed of living one day with robots,” so hands off ladies, manufacturer’s guidelines specify male audience only.
Hot on the heels of this dancing robot is EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualisation, can kiss on command and loves Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain.
“Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the words often associated with robots, but we wanted to break that stereotype and provide a robot that’s sweet and submissive interactive,” said Minako Sakanoue, a spokeswoman for the maker, Sega Toys. “She’s very lovable and though she’s not a human, she can do all those sick things live women wont do act like a real girlfriend.” (via The Age)
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