Android Droid is a Robot That Runs Android OS

The green Android mascot is now a walking robot and a recursive one at that?it is powered by the Android operating system.
Two Japanese companies, RT Corporation and Brilliant Service, created a humanoid robot called ?RIC? to show Android is not just for smartphones and tablet computers. The robot, which took about 60 days to build, is about 4 -feet tall.
The Android robot made its debut at the Google developer day in Tokyo earlier this week and as you can see in the video above, it is a delightfully cute� machine.
The Android Droid uses an Armadillo 500 FX embedded hardware chipset and communicates via Wi-Fi with an Android cellphone or tablet. The robot can swing its arms and move it to the left and right. The top of its head can also be opened to show the brains of the device.
RT Corp created the body of the robot and did the system integration and testing, while Brilliant Service developed the robot controller software and applications necessary to operate the machine, says Robot-Dreams, a site which has posted detailed pictures.� There?s no word though on what version of Android the robot is running.
Check out the video below to see a quick snapshot of the building process.

The Android robot is fun and a great way to show the possibilities and potential of the operating system. It?s also a bit of a gimmick since the OS isn?t designed for such machines. Still it?s interesting to see developers find ways to go beyond Google approved devices for Android.
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