Vietnamese robots attract American media

The Vietnamese robot couple has been invited to participate in three live television shows with very high viewer ratings in the US, after impressing at the CES 2013 Consumer Electronics Show that took place earlier this month.

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TOSY Vietnam's mRobo and DiscoRobo robots appeared in NBC, Fox and Friends Show's Today Show program and Fox News Channel's Spike TV, and Spike TV belongs to MTV system.

Earlier, at the CES exhibition, performances of Vietnamese robots became a attraction for many visitors. Two mRobo and DiscoRobo robots receive special attention from American and international media. Media channels such as Discovery Channel, The Insider, and CBS have come to report live at TOSY booth during the four-day exhibition.

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NBC program filmed images of Vietnamese robots. (Photo: TOSY)

The Today Show introduces two Vietnamese robots on January 18 local time. This is the morning live broadcast channel favored by the United States on NBC, with an average of about 6 million viewers per show. The host introduced that users can teach mRobo their own dances. It is also an MP3 player and a speaker.

Another popular US live television show, Fox and Friends, aired on January 13. According to the host, DiscoRobo has the ability to dance on any background, it costs 45 USD."And this is the really awesome robot called mRobo. You can teach it your own dances. It costs 200 USD and will be released later this year."

"Robots are so great, I really like it. No words are described , " the host said.

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Vietnamese robots attract the attention of many world media. (Photo: TOSY)

On the Spike TV channel, the program on Vietnamese robots aired on January 17 in US time. The host was Katie Linedoll, a technology / sports expert and favorite American host."This is mRobo, you can teach it your own dance , " Linedoll said.

Linedoll interviewed famous dancer and choreographer Derek Hough. At the interview, when the conductor asked: "Did you create the dance for this robot?" Hough said, "I taught him to dance. This is an exciting request and challenge. I was really surprised by what the technology could do and by the exact mRobo movements. At that time. I don't know what it can do, but it's really cool. "

The mRobo robot weighs 1.5kg, has a starting price of 200 USD. MRobo's software will automatically analyze the rhythm and tone of each song, and manually adjust the way the robot moves to music.

DiscoRobo is a toy robot dancing to music. Each song is different, it will dance in a style. During the dance, DiscoRobo showed vivid emotions on the face.