'an exciting nova on network' Huh?

[Taro Toporific]

Fujitsu Begins Limited Sales of Service Robot "enon" For Task Support in Offices and Commercial EstablishmentsSept 13, Tokyo ---...Fujitsu Frontech will begin limited sales of their new service robot, enon(TM), on a limited basis in Japan from September 13, 2005.... enon is an advanced practical-use service robot that can assist in such tasks as providing guidance, escorting guests, transporting objects, and security patrolling....
...enon is an acronym of the phrase "exciting nova on network." The phrase conveys the robot's ability to autonomously support customers' tasks while being linked to a networkl....more....

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo-via Japan Today: Aeon starts using robot clerk to offer shoppers guidance
TOKYO — Major supermarket chain operator Aeon Co said Thursday it has begun test-using an "enon" multi-task robot capable of offering shoppers greetings and guidance to the store's various sections. The 130-cm-tall robot, co-developed by Fujitsu Frontech Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, started reception duties "as a shop clerk" at Aeon's shopping center in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, the retailer said. Projecting moving images on its breast display panel, the robot can explain new products, while providing guidance to various corners and sections of the store.

[Taro Toporific]

the robot..."as a shop clerk...projecting moving images on its breast display panel...

Hmmm, a "breast display panel"---That going to be popular.