My Keepon bot to be available for Xmas 2011 at $40

by Frank Tobe

05 February 2011

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… Beatbots and Wow! Stuff are partnering to convert Beatbot’s Keepon robot into a robotic toy that sells for $40 and will be available for the 2011 Christmas gift season.
… “A percentage of the profit from each My Keepon toy will go towards subsidizing BeatBots’ research-grade robots to therapists and researchers,” said Wow! Stuff head of inventor relations Graham Taylor.

Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

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