Honda To Rent Out Novelty Robot
from the business-models... dept
Last month Honda showed off their new humanoid robot. This month, they're announcing their strategy for making money off the robot. Signing it up to do actual work? No way. They're going to rent it out for events and parties as a novelty item. Glad to see all that research went into creating a useful robot that will wander around at fancy parties.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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