TMSUK-4 Goes Shopping

Robotics company tmsuk now has a telerobotic shopper. Demonstrated recently at the Izutsuya Department Store in Kitakyushu, Japan, the modified TMSUK-4 humanoid robot was controlled via a NTT DoCoMo video-capable cellphone at another location. Won't it be a great day when we can get our bots to buy our socks or shop for groceries without our having to be there?

Via Pink Tentacle

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