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We first heard rumblings about Plen the skating robot going on sale in Japan for $2000 last summer. Now here's a video (that's been around for a while) of this little mechanical creature actually skateboarding and even skating around on one leg. He's surprisingly lifelike. Next he'll be doing kickflips.

The little guy is just the right size to skate around on your desktop, and you control him via Bluetooth. Soon we will be taking orders from this silicon-based lifeform. – Charlie White

Product Site [Plen Japan, via Popgadget]

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This roller skating robot from Japan may not drink and spew catchphrases like "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass", but unlike Bender, you can control this one with your Bluetooth-enabled cellphone.

Plen has 18 movable joints and a 32bit ARM7 CPU inside. You connect him to your PC using USB and he runs/walks/skates for 25 minutes on one charge. There's only a few available from Japan, so if you want one you probably need to hurry. Available from the land of Dragonball Z for 262,500 Yen ($2,200). – Jason Chen

Plen: Bluetooth controlled robot goes on sale [New Launches]

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