Take An iPod Robot For A Spin May 12, 2008

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If you’re a fan of those little robot dogs and other assorted Japanese innovations you might remember the Miuro, a mobile iPod dock on wheels that offered such fancy features as wireless connectivity to stream your tunes and a built in digital camera.

We wouldn’t blame you for balking at the rather extortionate $1000 price tag, but if you were intrigued by the idea you might be interested to know that it has a little baby brother on the way.

The ODO is basically a scaled down version, sans wireless and camera, but is still capable of darting about the room in time to your music and showing it’s current ‘emotion’ via the LCD display.

If it starts getting out of hand you can use the supplied remote to reel it back in, or alternatively drive the thing into whichever room you happen to be sitting in.

The best news is that the ODO will be available for a rather reasonable $150 (about £75) so if you’ve been teetering on the edge of a Miuro purchase, there’s no reason not to take this one for a spin. – Paul Lester

[UberGizmo]

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