Dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot

TOKYO, Japan - Venture firm tmsuk Co. and Sanyo Electric Co. have jointly developed a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot nicknamed ''Banryu'' and say they will take orders from Dec. 1. The robot will be sold at under $16,500 each. Banryu, unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 6, will let an owner check on what is happening in an empty house from outside via a mobile phone. (Kyodo)

• Product Code
• ILEA000015722

• Registered date
• 2002/11/06 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 2002 Kyodo News

• Media size
• 1584 × 1218 pixel

• Resolution
• 72 dpi

• Deployment size
• 308.75(KB)*

• Special instruction

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