Hitachi Revealed "EMIEW", the first humanoid robot on Tuesday, saying it was a robot in the world is moving faster.
"Our goal is to create a robot that can live and coexist with people," said Toshihiko Horiuchi, project leader at Hitachi Research Laboratory mechanical engineering robotics project, in a press conference.
"We want to make robots useful for people ... If the robots move slower than people, users are frustrated," he said, explaining why Hitachi industry bucked the trend and went for wheels instead of feet to 04.22 meters tall robot them.
Built in two Emiews HITACHI - Pal and Chum - for the World Expo, which will take effect from this month in Aichi, about 205 kilometers west of Tokyo.
