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The UNIQLO SoHo store in NY will soon be the first Manhattan shopping venue to have humanoid robots walking around to help you find stuff. Wakamaru the Robot was created by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with the initial intent of helping elderly people. He makes his stateside debut around the second week of September.
Link (Thanks, Brian!)
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Why are the Japanese so much cooler than Americans? >.< I think this is sufficient reason for me to take my wife to visit NYC
Posted by: Spyhunter | September 05, 2008 at 08:11 PM