At the Robo Fair in Japan Bandai corp unveiled the NetTansorWeb robot which is made for home use and is controlled remotely via WiFi and comes equipped with cameras and motion sensors to avoid obstacles .It can be used for surveillance and it can even send the video to a cell phone. Apart from this it is able to read RSS feeds, update your blog with certain filters and process reviews (which includes answering simple questions from readers). If, for example, someone writes a comment in which he or she wants to see a certain part of a picture posted in an article more clearly, the robot will parse the text and react accordingly. The NetTansorWeb has a battery life of 2.5 hours and is sized at 190×160x160mm. Bandai plans to sell the Japan-only robot in December for $500.
[Crunchgear]