: ITR, the home robot

ITR, which stands for Internet Renaissance Robot, is the latest toy from Species Ltd. The robot is 33cm tall and weighs 1.5kg. It's powered by a RPU-50 SH3 133Mhz CPU and connects to a network via Wireless LAN (RTML, Robot Transaction Markup Language). It's in fact a small companion robot that, once properly programmed, can download and communicate specific information to you. You can also use your telephone to communicate with the robot via the web.