Best News Ever, Sort Of: Keepon Now For Sale (For $30k)
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 2 of October , 2008 at 5:01 am
Finally finally finally finally FINALLY!!! I have been waiting for this moment ever since I saw Keepon in his video debut over a year ago. Since then, I’ve been posting Keepon vids whenever I can find them. I mean, how could you not desperately want a couple squishy yellow balls stuck together with two eyes and a cute little nose and an astonishing amount of dance talent (for having no arms and no legs and being only six inches tall)?
So yes, I’d sell my soul for Keepon. My soul, however, is not likely to be worth the roughly $30,000 that Keepon apparently costs. And that’s just the the base price, which I guess doesn’t include any of the little hats that he appears in. Unfortunately for fans like me, Keepon is designed primarily to do research on interactions between robots and children, so he’s expected to sell mostly to research institutions (and museums). But there is some good news… Keepon’s designers are “planning to come out with a new version which will use a simpler mechanism and have a cheaper price tag.” Significantly cheaper, I hope. And please, please, make sure it stays yellow and squishy with the awesome dance moves.
Keepon dancing, after the jump.
Comments (4)
Category: Musical, Research, Toys
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Comment by Khimaira
Made Thursday, 2 of October , 2008 at 4:34 pm
You’re not the only person who wants one now… that thing is awesome!
Comment by Hierophant
Made Thursday, 2 of October , 2008 at 10:47 pm
Adore the “shoulder” dancing to the chorus. That must have some very clever guts.
Comment by miss...
Made Friday, 10 of October , 2008 at 3:26 am
I love it!..I want one, make it cheaper so I can get one!
Comment by Scott Stevenson
Made Saturday, 11 of October , 2008 at 7:31 pm
It’s amazing how much emotion this little robotic assemblage of what are essentially two tennis balls stuck together dancing evokes!
Very cool!
-Scott
Comment by ralph
Made Friday, 29 of January , 2010 at 5:56 pm
Well it would be a cute toy but a little pricy. In my school labs we had a big robot powered by a 486 computer that could do stories and tell temperatures etc and not run into things along with voice recognition but was a LOT bigger.
Comment by Lindsay
Made Monday, 8 of February , 2010 at 8:00 am
Cute looking little robot what all can it do for 30k? It is pretty small how is it programmed?