Get your artificial receptionist/valet while supplies last. Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that its humanoid communication robot Wakamaru is now available for rent. Wakamaru is a sophisticated robot with vision, auditory and touch sensors. The rental project is aimed at businesses, hospitals and events, where the droid will do receptionist and guidance duties. Wakamaru can understand about 10,000 words, retrieve information or emails from the Net with its wireless LAN link, and do a mean upper-body aerobics routine.
The daily rental fee varies according to the lease length. For a lease of 1-5 days, it’s 120,000 yen ($970), while 21-30 days is only 20,000 yen ($160). Shipping and management charges extra. The rentals will come with touch panels that can display venue maps and other info.
Source – Loving the Machine
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I’ll prefer a hot sexy receptionist that a robot!
got that right Stunner!!!
If I go into a business and I see a robot receptionist I am leaving!!!!
i would prefer a human receptionist, i won’t be comfortable with wakamaru, not even if it were a toy.