Robot of the Year 2007 - 2 - miuro

The Small- to Medium-sized Venture Award went to miuro - the robotic music player made by ZMP Inc. Here is miuro dancing to the music at the Robot of the Year 2007 event.

Three things to know about miuro in 2008.

1. ZMP is teaming with Sega Toys which will be coming out with  ODO - a low-cost version of miuro - in July. Whereas miuro costs 108,800 yen (a little over $1,000), the ODO is planned to be priced at 15,540 yen (about $150).

2. ZMP is working on new human interfaces including one which you can operate miuro by touching it in certain ways and not just through the remote as with the current version.

3. ZMP is collaborating with researchers at Tokyo University to come up with a new music search engine for miuro that will recommend music according to the owner's tastes.