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Portable Audio / Video, Robots
TOSY and Justin Bieber announce mRobo: we go hands-on, dance-off (video)
By Amar Toor posted Jan 11th 2012 6:18PM
Beethoven's Fifth. Michelangelo's Pietà. Plato's Republic. Cornerstones of human civilization, to be sure, but they all pale in comparison to what we saw today at CES: TOSY's new mRobo robot, inspired by none other than the Cultural Colossus of our time, Justin Bieber. The Vietnamese manufacturer and pubescent Prince have just taken the wraps off their latest collaboration: a petite, portable speaker-robot that dances -- nay, transcends -- just like his only slightly larger progenitor counterpart. When in speaker mode, the mRobo weighs in at just 3.3 pounds, stands a little under eight inches tall, and boasts 2GB of internal memory. Its integrated speaker pumps out the jams at bass levels of 40Hz, but the real magic happens once the music starts playing, automatically prompting the system to transform into an 18-inch tall robot and start dancing. Unfortunately, the bot is still in prototype mode, but it's expected to retail for about $200 when it launches during the fall of 2012.
Today, though, we were lucky enough to get a sneak peak of the mRobo, courtesy of a mic'd-up Messiah with sweepy bangs and a leather jacket. Upon taking the stage to roars of applause and Jelly Bean sunshowers, Bieber went on to do a brief demo of the bot, displaying its ability to sync its dance moves to whatever tunes blare out of its abdomen speaker -- in this case, Billie Jean. The mRobo looked admittedly clumsy at times, and was especially awkward when onstage with the teen phenom, but, as TOSY repeatedly reminded us, it's still in prototype phase. (Bieber, for his part, did a good job of looking completely awestruck throughout much of the experience.) Before descending from his bubblegum pulpit, Bieber reminded his acolytes to "follow your dreams." Ours, at least, have just been realized. Follow yours past the break, straight to our hands-on video.
Mat Smith contracted Bieber Fever from this report.
2012年1月11日
TOSY 这次在 CES 上带来了新的 mRobo 机器人,不过它的亮相还伴随着一个名人:Justin Bieber 。当然我们的重点不是介绍 Justin Bieber ,而是那个带着墨镜的白色小机器人。这是来自越南的制造商 TOSY 首次和青春偶像合作,而mRobo 不仅仅是个类似机器人的玩具,其小巧,附带了一个喇叭,会跳舞。它的整体重量大概在 1.50kg,高度在 8 英寸左右,同时内置了 2GB 的存储卡。它摆放的时候很安静,不过只要音乐声想起来,就会变成一个 18 英寸高的机器人,然后随着音乐跳舞。不过可惜的是,现场展示的依然只是原型产品,最终的零售版大概会控制在 US$200,2012 年的秋季会发售。
我们有幸在现场看到了比伯演示这款会跳舞的音箱型机器人,它是被盖在一块皮革里的。当比伯将其打开时,就会发现其是撑开腿的姿态,随之音乐响起,它马上站起跳舞。随着音乐的节奏,其手臂和整个体态都随之摆动,而喇叭是在腹部的位置。虽然现场我们感觉动作还有点笨拙,不过官方多次提醒,这还停留在原型阶段。比伯告诉他的粉丝,要追随自己的梦想。这或许是个不错的广告词,点进来看我们的实拍,再多等几个月,就能等到其上市了。要是内置比伯的音乐歌曲,或许能让不少疯狂粉丝买单。
这张照片 很喜欢啊~ 宝 好温暖的样子。。
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