[IREX 2011] These candy colored robots will tell you a story

 There is a new humanoid robot in town!  Meet Matanya from Singapore!

 

 

 What's cute about Matanya is how you can press it's arm down to tell it to continue with the story. It's a little like flipping a page of a book. If you want to listen to a part over again, just press down the other arm. That's what Kenichi Kato, who designed the robot, is doing in this photo. 

 It's the first robotic product from Katotec.  The robot now costs 200,000 yen (about 2,600 dollars) and the business model is to sell stories online. Katotec will sell you its original microcontrollers in case you want to build your own humanoid robot too.