Panasonic to Sell a Subscription-Based, Farting Companion Robot The 20cm-wide robot called Nicobo was developed at Panasonic through a collaboration with Toyohashi University of Technology Michio Oka Laboratory researchers. A crowdfunding campaign in February last year saw 320 of the robots made and sold for $360 each. There were all gone in just seven hours. Now Panasonic is planning a wider...