Human Thoughts can control a Robot.

Honda Research Institute Japan Co with Japanese tech company Shimadzu and Tokyo-based research institute ATR has developed the world’s first Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology that uses electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) along with newly developed information extraction technology to enable control of a robot by human thought alone. It does not require any physical movement such as pressing buttons. This technology will be further developed for the application to human-friendly products in the future by integrating it with intelligent technologies and/or robotic technologies.

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sony rolly with robot doggies

The Rolly is an egg-shaped MP3 player that can dance to its own music with some doggies following rolly's music
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Robotic Tiles moves with you

The CirculaFloor is a series of autonomous tiles that reposition themselves quickly so that whoever is walking above can move in any direction across them. This has been developed as a mechanism to navigate through the virtual space can actually walk on his feet, that a robot tile.The tile is moved passed autonomous robots, waiting in the direction of the user, and so will a new footing.
The footing tile robot system can be changed in height, the stairs can also be configured.
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Japanese Robot Takes Your Money

In Japan, wireless RFID is the way to pay. And this NEC robot will gladly take your money. You push the touchscreen on its chest to select what you want to buy, like say tickets for a concert. Then you wave your phone over the robot’s hand to pay for your tickets while the retire counts it’s money and plans for retirement.