Japanese electronics firm Hitachi has produced its first human-like robot, called Emiew, to (36) Honda’s Asmo and Sony’s Qrio robots. Two wheel-based Emiews, Pal and Chum, introduced themselves to reporters at a press (37) in Japan. Explaining why Hitachi’s Emiew used wheels instead of feet, Toshihiko Horiuchi, from Hitachi’s Mechanical Engineering Research (38) , said: "We (39) to create a robot that could live and co-exist with people. We want to make the robots (40) for people. If the robots moved slower than people, users would be (41) . Emiew--Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate--can move at (42) on its "wheel feet". With sensors on the head, waist, and near the wheels, Pal ant Chum (43) demonstrated how (hey could react to commands. Hitachi said Pal am Chum, (44) . Honda’s Asimo was "born" five years ago. Since then, Hondaand Sony’s Qrio (45) . Sony’s Qrio has been the fastest robot on two legs until last year. But its record was beaten by Asimo. It is capable of 3km/h, which is almost four times as fast as Qrio. (46) .