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RoBoHoN has all the basic RoBoHoN is a <strong>world-first*<\/strong>1\u2014 a small, easily portable robot-shaped phone. It was developed in collaboration with Tomotaka Takahashi, Project Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo\u2019s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology and CEO of robot development company Robo Garage Co., Ltd. This humanoid robot can walk on two legs and is compact enough (approx. 19.5 cm tall) to be carried almost anywhere. RoBoHoN has all the basic mobile phone functions\u2014phone, e-mail, camera\u2014as well as a built-in projector*2 for projecting photos or videos onto a screen or wall. Users can also download dedicated apps to give RoBoHoN new functions. Not only can RoBoHoN communicate through dialogue and gestures, but it can also make body movements like standing up, walking, and dancing. *1 For mobile phones, as of April 14, 2016 (based on Sharp research). *2 RoBoHoN\u2019s projector function can only be used by the registered user of that particular RoBoHoN.*RoBoHoN and the RoBoHoN logo are registered trademarks of Sharp Corporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2555,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-2552","sharp-history","type-sharp-history","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RoBoHoN Mobile Robotic Phone - Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sharp.ca\/en\/sharp-history\/robohon-mobile-robotic-phone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RoBoHoN Mobile Robotic Phone - Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RoBoHoN is a world-first*1\u2014 a small, easily portable robot-shaped phone. 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