KYOSHO unveils MANOI

Last week, KYOSHO Corporation of Japan (makers of cool radio controlled model cars and planes and such) unveiled MANOI, their "1/5 scale athlete humanoid" hobby robot created by Takashi Satoshi. You can view more details here, photos from the press conference here and a tantalyzing video of an early prototype in action here [15.5 MB direct link]. MANOI will be released next June for ¥150,000 (approximately $1,333 at the moment).