wakamuru: UNIQLO's Japanese Sales Robot

It’s a new initiative that UNIQLO has launched. It is called wakamuru, and he is the first ever retail robot. He is currently on the sales floor at the store. He helps customers carry shopping bags, has arm movements, makes eye contact, leads the staff in morning exercises, etc.

For more information, visit www.uniqlo.com.

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Comments: 1

Posted by Janet Pagan at October 14, 2008 8:51 PM

wakamuru is the coolest robot I have ever seen on Television.I heard of a robot dog made by SONY going for 10,000 I just fell in love with him. How much does Wakamuru go for?

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