The Japan Times Online Sanyo, tmsuk to set up robot firm

OSAKA (Kyodo) Sanyo Electric Co. and venture firm tmsuk Co. said Wednesday they will jointly establish a company to sell and maintain robots.

The new Tokyo-based venture, called tmsuk Sanyo, will begin selling a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot named Banryu, according to the companies.

Banryu was jointly developed by Sanyo Electric and tmsuk.

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