hitachi: emiew 2

’emiew 2′image via robot watch

since the last presentation of ’emiew’ by japanese technology company hitachi at tokyo design week 2008, this robot now retitled ’emiew 2′ (excellent mobility and interactive existence as work-mate) has received some new upgrades. two major updates amongst many is its voice recognition capability and its adaptive suspension control technology which allows ’emiew 2′ to have greater stability during motion. this helps to facilitate actions such as going through the door, or walking over cables.

currently used for carrying documents between departments at the hitachi research center, ’emiew 2′ travels at the maximum speed of 6km/h in order to match the walking speed of humans.

detail image via akihabaranews

to watch ’emiew 2′ in action, see here.

back view image via akihabaranews

side view image via akihabaranews

top of head image via crunchgear

’emiew 2′ engaging in activities such as sitting, walking along side humans and going over obstacles such as ropes

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