ROBO-ONE Helper Robot Contest - Part 3 of 4

=Continued from Part 2 of 4=

Let's take a look at the other robots that entered the contest.

The one that seemed to be most popular among a certain genre of the audience - women in their 50-60s who just happened to be shopping at the mall that day and had stopped by to see what was going on - was Doka Harumi made by Team Doka Project. Harumi was wearing a red dress and had the most number of motors (54) among all, enabling it to make movements that were not possible with other robots. Harumi bought a necklace and asked the store clerk to put it on her.

Whereas all the other robots paid in either cash or the prepaid IC card Suica, Doka Harumi was the only robot that paid with a credit card. She was even able to sign her name (although she needed help in getting the pen and pad in the right position).

Meanwhile, there was just one robot that didn't have a shopping bag or cart. That was the yellow Working Automo by Team Kyushu. The robot's abdominal opened up to be a container. This was a unique approach but it had a hard time walking/balancing after it put its purchase into the container.

Also Team Kyushu used the PlayStation controller to operate the robot because they thought that it would be easier for regular consumers to use. 

=Continues to Part 4 of 4=

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