Prototype of the communicating Hello Kitty robot

Robot developer Business Design Laboratory and NEC unveiled yesterday the prototype model of a Hello Kitty robot to go on sale on Hello Kitty's birthday on Nov 1 for around 400,000 yen.

The robot, which is 52 cm tall and weighs 6 kgs, can recognize up to 10 human faces through a built-in camera. It "communicates" with people by using expressions out of 20,000 memorized patterns of conversation while expressing its "emotions" by moving its head and arms.

From Japan Today.