futaba announces humanoid robot

Big news! Futaba announced at the iHobbyExpo last week that it was ready to release a consumer-hobbyist humanoid robot. The as of yet unnamed robot will be controlled wirelessly via a game-type controller, 16 channel 2.4GHz radio and will be running 20 servos, 11 of which will be high-torque servos. They are projecting it's availability in the next few months (no more details on that as of yet) with a pricetag of $1,200 US.

You can get more info and lots of photos from our good friends at Robots-dreams.com or on Tom Atwood's report in Robot Magazine.