Need Help Cleaning Your Room? - Get A Robot!

When Mitsubishi (the company that makes the robots), was looking to hire out its Wakamaru robot earlier this year, they had no doubt it would find a job immediately. They were right, not one but ten of its Wakamaru robots were instantly employed by a temporary staffing agency in Japan.
The robot is approximately 3ft tall and weighs about 66 lbs. It was developed in 2003 to help with a range of household chores (moms are you reading this!). It was introduced to the world in 2005 and since then has become one of Japan's most recognizable robots.
The bright yellow robot which moves around on wheels, can recognize faces, carry on simple conversations - it knows about 10,000 words, and perform simple tasks. The temporary agency expects to send it as receptionists to companies and hospitals. For that job the robot has two unique skills, it can thank visitors for waiting and can sing songs while showing the visitors to their destination within the building.

The Wakamura robot can earn as much as $1,000 per day, but if it is hired on a long-term basis, its pay goes down substantially to about $25,000 a year. The best thing about the robot - it never complains about the job!
The video below is in Japanese, so we have no idea what the robot is saying, but it seems like it is performing some sort of a dance routine. Enjoy
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- KB 200Monday, May 20, 2019 at 11:13 amHow will it help me clean my room ?
- KB 200Monday, May 20, 2019 at 11:05 amthe robot can move its arms in different places. And in the video he is not speaking English.
- tmr1Monday, May 20, 2019 at 11:05 amIt can help lean your room.
- samuelMonday, May 20, 2019 at 11:03 amThis robot can make 1,000 dollars every year. It doesn't complain about it's job.
- marelyMonday, May 6, 2019 at 9:04 ami need one
- marelyMonday, May 6, 2019 at 9:04 ami want to make something simular
- hey girlFriday, April 26, 2019 at 1:04 pmthat looks cool
- slushieFriday, April 19, 2019 at 6:52 pmit looks like a human/robot version of Pikachu
- mr beastWednesday, March 27, 2019 at 3:52 pmso cool I need one
- savgeThursday, March 14, 2019 at 5:18 pmcool