The Japanese company "Panasonic" has invented a strange robot in the shape of an inflated sock called "Nicobo," equipping it with modern technologies to interact with its environment. Its peculiar shape and unique features have allowed it to infiltrate the lives of many people due to its unusual appearance and astonishing behaviors.
Panasonic designed this small, adorable robot to resemble a sock and equipped it with numerous amusing features, making it a companion for many children and teenagers. Many have replaced dogs or cats with this robot as their friend to accompany them during moments of boredom at home.
The quality-focused robot is essentially an inflated pouch resembling a fabric sock, with two small screens forming its eyes and a small, oval-shaped mouth. The robot moves on a vertically swaying base to present beautiful and innovative movements; its base is mobile, ensuring ease of movement in all directions. Additionally, the small robot is equipped with sensors and a camera, allowing it to recognize faces and voices, turn toward stimuli, or respond when it hears its name, and it can also react to tactile stimuli.