Robo erectus

Kyoto University's Robo Garage has announced a robot that comes a little closer to walking like a human. The Chroino is apparently able to keep the leg in contact with the ground straight as it walks, instead of the awkward both-knees-bent shimmy common to brethren from Honda's Asimo to Sony's Qrio. The Chroino measures about 35 cm in height and weighs about a kilo. It apparently only cost about Y3 mn to develop, and would probably cost about Y0.5 mn were it to go into production, which isn't too far out of Aibo territory.

We're unable to find any video of this at the moment, unfortunately; will update when and if we do.

[Press release (Japanese)]

[Via Slashdot Japan (Japanese)]