A team at Tsukuba University went ahead and created TalkTorque, a short, white bot with swoopy arms and head….See Details.
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TalkTorque 2 has a chunky collar containing a trio of motion- and range-sensing cameras to help it figure out who it should be talking to. It has no mouth, so the “talking” will be in broad arm gestures. There’s a video footage of the TalkTorque 2 in action.