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Japanese robotics company Robo Engine announced its new little programmable robot called Pyuuun ピューン it “LifeLog Robot” which is small enough to fit into the palm of your hand.

The  130mm × D150mm × H190mm 1kg robot has eight different sensors  an impact sensor to detect obstacles, an illumination sensor to measure a room’s brightness, a sound sensor to measure noise levels, a distance sensor to measure distances to obstacles, a temperature sensor, an  acceleration sensor to measure the incline of a surface, a pyroelectric sensor to detect the presence of moving things and an infrared sensor to detect other machines.

With all these sensors, the Pyunn can monitor conditions in a room and can be programmed using Visual C# and VBA in Windows 2000/XP to action if any specified condition change such as send email if a person is detected inside a room or blog if an earthquake strikes (which is fairly regular in Japan) or if the person next door is playing his stereo way too loud.

Other technical specs of the pyuuun:

CPU: dsPIC30F3014 Actuator: Dual-Axis Stepper Motor Interface: Serial RS-232C Networking: WiPort Power: Sanyo Eneloop Pack 12V Battery life: about 6 hours

All these functions don’t come cheap so the cost of one little machine is 300,000 Yen.

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