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January 15, 2007

PLEN – The Roller Skating Robot

PLEN

PLEN is the coolest toy robot I’ve seen in a long time. Created by Systec Akazawa, PLEN glides around your desktop on a pair of roller skates like a miniature version of Scott Hamilton. What’s even more amazing is PLEN also has a little bit of Tony Hawk in him. He’s able to hop on a skateboard, balance himself for a quick rides, and pops trick ollies to top it all off!

The little sucker features 18 joints that are controlled remotely using custom software on your Bluetooth-enabled phone, and features a built-in battery that lasts a sweet 25 minutes on a single USB charge.

PLEN’s squarely aimed at those with money to burn, because at 250,000 yen (~$2075 US) he’s definitely not cheap by any means.

Check out the “Gallery” section of the PLEN website, to see more videos of this insane toy robot in action, or order one if you have a wallet that’s fat enough.

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  • http://webjay.org/by/bgizzie/djmikeyfresh djmikey

    Amazing the balance this little robot has. I think HONDA might be able to learn a few lessons here!

  • http://www.erapo.szm.sk Lenka

    WOW….it’s amazing…

  • beni

    that robot is pretty smooth

  • http://www.punkstar.ch/fame-mag/?p=18 FAME! » Blog Archive » PLEN – The Roller Skating Robot

    [...] PLEN is the coolest toy robot I’ve seen in a long time. Created by Systec Akazawa, PLEN glides around your desktop on a pair of roller skates … like a miniature version of Scott Hamilton. What’s even more amazing is PLEN also has a little bit of Tony Hawk in him. He’s able to hop on a skateboard, balance himself for a quick rides, and pops trick ollies to top it all off! [...]

  • heartofjosh

    sick robot! too bad it costs so damn much.

  • http://www.gamedudex.com GameDudeX

    The things they have in Japan… very cool!

  • AllaN

    Wow lol!!! thats hot hahah, the robot is kool ^^, its got balancing skills unlike other robots

  • David

    Ride little robot ride, too bad Sony discontinued with the robot department.

    http://www.tokyodv.com/news/RoboDex2002SDR-3XSonybot.html

    tai-chi robot :)

  • Lancelot

    that’s a very cool toy to have around, but the price is nauseating… ~_~ maybe i’ll wait a decade to buy one cheap. hehe’

  • Dexter Kanuto

    cute looking, funny, and very skillful; i liked its moves; great balance; funny tricks; Honda did a pretty good job inventing robotics.

  • Dexter Kanuto

    Does Honda have a robot variant that can dock/port an iPod??? It’ll look awesome.

  • vm3z9

    lol gotta get it! someday..

  • haz

    it will become a must have xmas present in the near future

  • Dexter Kanuto

    It reminded me of that Coldplay music video with a robot in it.

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