$265¥39,600 (about $265 converted) for the robot with plan sign-up on Sharp's COCORO STORE (October 2026 check), plus a required monthly app plan of ¥495 (400 exchanges), ¥990 (800), ¥1,980 (1,600) or ¥3,300 (unlimited), about $3.30–$22. The desk charging holder (SR-CDH01-C) is sold separately. A second character, the gruff "Ore-sama" type (SR-C02M-H), is due in December 2026 at ¥49,500 (about $330). Released in Japan on December 5, 2025 after a delay from November 21, and in Taiwan in July 2026.
AvailableNot programmablePocket meerkatCloud LLM chatSubscriptionJapan only
Weeks+Shipping: Japan and Taiwan only. Sold through Sharp's COCORO STORE and Japanese electronics retailers, which deliver within Japan (7–10 business days from COCORO STORE). US buyers would need a forwarding service, and the Japanese app and subscription may not work outside Japan (unconfirmed). COCORO STORE ↗
Remote control: Not possible. It is used through its own smartphone app and there is no public SDK or API.
Overview
A palm-sized meerkat from the team behind Sharp's RoBoHoN phone robot, aimed mainly at women in their 20s and 30s as a talking pocket friend. It chats, remembers past conversations, writes a diary from its own point of view, looks at things through a camera in its mouth, syncs with Google Calendar, and two units near each other can chat between themselves. Like the original Vector, its voice features depend on a cloud service, so a monthly plan is required and it cannot drive around. It is only sold in Japan and Taiwan and speaks Japanese (English unconfirmed).
A charming conversation pet for Japanese speakers, but the required subscription and lack of movement make it more chatbot than robot.
Specifications
| Category | Companion robots · Desk & social robots |
|---|---|
| Released | 2025 |
| Country | Japan |
| Availability | Available |
| Sales | Over 10,000 units shipped in Japan and Taiwan by August 2026, per Sharp; Sharp's goal is 100,000 by 2027 (estimate) ITmedia Mobile ↗ |
| Programmability | No programmability |
| Built-in autonomy | Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person |
| LLM support | Built-in LLM chat · Holds open-ended conversations and comments on what its camera sees using Sharp's CE-LLM system, which runs only quick responses such as nods and backchannel replies on the robot and the main processing in the cloud with a third-party LLM (OpenAI GPT-4o mini at launch). Business Insider Japan ↗ |
| Best for | Ages 12+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera |
| Actuators | Other |
| Audio | Speaker, Microphone |
| Compute type | Qualcomm |
| Remote control | Not programmable |
| Size | About 117 mm tall, about 194 g |
| Drive | None (handheld). Four servos move the face and arms for gestures |
| Compute | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 (octa-core), 3 GB RAM, 32 GB storage, Sharp proprietary OS |
| Vision | 5 MP autofocus wide-angle camera inside the mouth, with face recognition. The eyes are printed, not screens |
| Lidar | None |
| Sensors | Two microphones, speaker, accelerometer, gyroscope, geomagnetic sensor, GPS, LED ring around the belly button, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Runtime | More than one day of typical use per Sharp (1,100 mAh), about 100 minutes to charge |
| Speed | Not applicable (does not move around) |
| SDK | None |
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