World's smallest humanoid robot
Guinness is certified the Japanese toymaker Tomy Company's 'Omnibot 17u i-SOBOT' as the world smallest humanoid robot in production. The 16.5 cm (6.496 inches)-tall robot, powered by Sanyo Electric's eneloop nickel-metal hydride rechargeable batteries, is able to talk about 180 vocabularies and has about 200 different types of action patterns. The robot will go on sale in Japan for a price of 29,800 yen (about $243)
The 'Omnibot17u i-SOBOT' are displayed during a news conference in Tokyo July 20, 2007.