Roboticist looks to bring companionship to new heights

Companionship can take on many forms -- bonds with family, friends, pets, and even, as one Japanese inventor believes, with a humanoid robot that doubles as a phone.Forget about your blank-faced smartphone, says 42-year-old roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi. Be adventurous and invest in innovations like his brainchild that he says will give you far more bang for your buck.  Meet RoBoHoN, a 19.5-centimeter, 390-gram black and white mobile communication device jointly developed by Takahashi and Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. and released in May 2016.RoBoHoN can perform all the functions…READ FULL ARTICLE