The new Japanese music robot Miuro, designed to turn an iPod music player into a scuttling boombox-on-wheels, is shown during a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. Equipped with speaker systems developed with Japanese audio-maker Kenwood Corp., the 35-centimeter (14-inch) long machine, which looks like a ball popping out of an egg, from Tokyo-based venture ZMP Inc. will roll and twist from room to room blaring music. Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod portable player locks into the top of the 108,800 yen (US$ 930; euro 725) robot. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Japanese robot developing venture firm ZMP Inc's new robot "miuro" is displayed during an unveiling in Tokyo August 31, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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