This gadget - believe it or not - can skateboard and skate!

It can be controlled by Bluetooth from your mobile phone, and it can turn a mean trick or two on a skateboard. This great gadget is a robot named Plen created by Systec Akazawa and has just been released in Japan.

Plen is the coolest toy robot I’ve seen in a long time. He glides around on a pair of roller skates (better than I can, honestly) with extraordinary grace and what seems amazing to me is how the gadget is able to hop on a skateboard, balance himself for a quick ride, and pop trick ollies to top it all off!

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The 23cms high robot features 18 joints that are controlled remotely using custom software on your Bluetooth phone. The machine’s brain, a 32 bit ARM7 CPU at 33MHz is powered by a built-in battery that lasts a sweet 25 minutes on a single USB charge.

Plen is obviously aimed at those with money to burn because at 262,500 Yen (~$2075 US) he’s definitely not cheap by any means.

Check out the “Gallery” section of the Plen website, to see more videos of this insane toy robot in action, or order one if you have a wallet that’s fat enough.