ZMP began taking orders for a new 2-wheeled self-balancing robot vehicle kit.

Palette is a robotic mannequin developed by Flower Robotics that can model clothing and jewelry in a variety of poses, even shifting position towards the viewer if necessary.

HOAP-1 was Fujitsu’s first humanoid robot developed specifically as a research platform for businesses and universities.

Dasatech’s Genibo is a robotic dog similar to SONY’s Aibo, though it costs around half as much.

G4 featured an update from Plastic Pals about Carnegie Mellon University’s research on ASIMO and the HRP-2 Promet humanoid robots.