Sharp’s Poketomo is a pocket-sized conversational character built as an always-with-you companion rather than a productivity assistant. In the interview, Sharp explains that it comes from the same team behind Robohon, but shifts the focus from complex movement to lightweight, curated dialogue powered by an LLM (including ChatGPT) plus Sharp’s own intelligence layer for a more guided experience. https://poketomo.com/
A big part of the concept is “carry culture”: people put Poketomo in a bag, take it out for small moments, and even make custom outfits like knitted hats and mini uniforms. That physical personalization matters because it turns the device into something between a character collectible and a social object, where communities form around sharing looks, routines, and short daily interactions that feel more like check-ins than long chat sessions today.
Later in the video—filmed at CES Las Vegas 2026—you see Sharp demo Poketomo speaking English, highlighting the idea of “short-form conversation” designed for reflections, encouragement, and mood tracking rather than task automation. The product is intentionally tuned to feel like a companion that builds familiarity over time, with behavior that stays on-theme instead of trying to be an all-purpose assistant here.
On the hardware side, Poketomo uses a small camera in the mouth area for owner recognition, enabling more personalized exchanges once it knows who it is talking to. The unit animates with four motors (arms plus head turn and nod) to add nonverbal cues, and it pairs with an app so the same conversation history can continue even when the robot is not in your hand, keeping the “memory” consistent across sessions for that one unit.
Pricing is positioned to be more reachable than earlier character robots: in Japan it’s around ¥39,600 (often described as about $250), plus a monthly Cocoro Plan subscription that scales by usage volume (entry tiers around ¥495/month, with higher tiers up to about ¥1,980/month for larger conversation allowances). Sharp is still treating global rollout as an open question, but the English demo is a clear step toward broader availability later.
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