The Japanese electronics company Hitachi has presented today the new model of the robot designed to help office workers in their tasks. Petit humanoid red and white measuring 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) long, 2 Emiew moves through rollers beneath his legs. It is intended to replace his predecessor Emiew released in 2005. From a weight of 13 kg (15 kg for Emiew), Emiew 2 is composed of 27 degrees of freedom (joints). It can travel on an autonomous basis at a speed of 6 km / h (a human pressed moves at that speed). The robot is also equipped with a gyrosenseur allowing it to keep in balance. It also has a laser radar enabling it to map its environment. It can also avoid obstacles on the size of human him block the road. Finally, Emiew 2 is able to understand human language. During the demonstration someone asked where a person was sitting. The robot has responded in a male voice mail: “I’ll lead you so far. Follow me. ” Hitachi refused to say when this model will be available for commercial use or how much it will cost. The company did not want to indicate either the price associated with the development of such a gadget. Remember that Honda and Toyota have also developed robots to look human.