ASCII.jp Touch the Robo-type phone "RoBoHoN"! Exhibited at Tokyu Plaza Ginza for a limited time

At Tokyu Plaza Ginza in Ginza, Tokyo, which will open on March 31, 2016, there will be a permanent exhibition corner for the robot-type telephone "RoBoHoN" for a limited time until June 30, 2016.

Tokyu Plaza Ginza to open on March 31

So far, the places where you can actually touch Robophone include CEATEC held last year, Sharp booth at the International Robot Exhibition, and "Umekita Festival 2016" to be held at Grand Front Osaka in Umeda, Osaka from March 30th. However, all of them are for a short period of less than one week. This is the first time that it will be exhibited for three months. Also, this is the first time that it will be exhibited in a form that general users can directly touch in Tokyo.

Sharp says, "There will be a place where many people can touch and try Robophone. I would like you to experience Robophone in the world of Ginza, Tokyo."

The Robophone is a robot-type mobile phone that Sharp plans to release in the first half of 2016, with a height of about 19.5 cm and a weight of about 390 g. You can store it in the chest pocket of the jacket with your face popping out, or you can talk on the phone using the speaker on the face and the microphone on the foot. Equipped with a 2.0-inch display, you can use emails and apps, as well as shoot with the built-in camera and project with a projector. In addition to being able to interact with voice recognition and face recognition functions, it is also possible to walk, get up, and dance.

The permanent exhibition of Robophone is "HANDS EXPO" (7th floor of Tokyu Plaza Ginza), which Tokyu Hands will open as a new format. Using a space of about 5 tsubo, you can always touch two Robophones.

Tokyu Hands' new format "HANDS EXPO". Business hours are from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm.Regular holiday is scheduled for only two days, January 1st and legal inspection day

HANDS EXPO is a new initiative with the concept of "connecting and nurturing culture", targeting people who are looking for opportunities to enjoy tomorrow, "a place where you can meet something addictive" and "people as well as things". It is said that it will propose new hints as a place to connect (sympathy).

Inside HANDS EXPO, "Japanese-cool and cool, Japanese souvenirs-", "Miyako-creating a new culture with a spotlight on character animation, etc.-" It is divided into 5 areas: "Space-", "Beauty-Beauty-Original fashion miscellaneous goods that decorate women beautifully-" and "Food-Limited market for unique food-", and the companies that open stores in each area are 1 month to 1 year. Swap between. The reason for naming it EXPO is that it means that it is a place where the characters of Exciting and People are combined and a whirlpool of culture is created from it, in addition to referring to the pavilion of the exhibition.

The area surrounded by white pillars is the "city" area

"Approximately 60% of HANDS EXPO is a corporate booth, and we want to create a sales floor where you can discover and touch new things every time you visit," said Rina Mouri, MD Planning Section, Specialty Store, Tokyu Hands Specialty Store Division. "The aim is said.

Sharp's Robophone booth is located in the area of ​​"Miyako-Creation of a new culture that focuses on characters and animation-", aiming to let people experience subculture and cutting-edge culture unique to Japan. Robophone can feel the progress of robots in the future as a cutting-edge culture, and can show that robots are familiar to us. We aimed to create a place where people can casually visit and touch robots. " ..

All the sales floors in HANDS EXPO actually sell products, but since Robophone is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2016, it will not be sold only in this corner. It can be said that it is an unusual initiative to display products that are not sold in a prime location in Ginza, but the reason why the Robophone Corner is permanently exhibited is not only for foreign tourists but also for a part of Japan's cutting-edge culture. It can be said that this is because the aim is to have Japanese people experience it.

Robophone corner where Sharp will open until the end of June

The inside of the corner is made with many curves

Prepare a pre-launch Robophone that you can touch freely

At the Robophone Corner, which will open from March 31st, in conjunction with the opening of Tokyu Plaza Ginza, explanation staff will be stationed to demonstrate Robophone. In addition, a corner will be set up to appeal the usage scene, and you can experience the world view of Robophone.

You can use two Robophones to have a conversation using the voice recognition function and display images taken on the spot using the projector function. You can also see scenes such as dancing and walking.

It also projects the shot image

In addition, in the usage scene appeal corner, an exhibition assuming five scenes of cafe, office, kitchen, travel, and leisure will be held, and you can imagine what the shape of Robophone will look like when it enters the life scene. ".

An exhibition that assumes a life scene with Robophone.Adopting 5 scenes of cafe, office, kitchen, travel, leisure

In the corners based on white, there is a demonstration table placed in the center and a rounded counter. "Robots are not a solid image, but an image that is familiar and easy to use," he said.

In addition, in the corner, a Robophone with half of the body as a skeleton, which will be unveiled for the first time, will be exhibited. A sketch by Tomotaka Takahashi, a robot creator who designed Robophone, has also been released.

Robophone whose half body became a skeleton for the first time

Sketches by Tomotaka Takahashi are also on display