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Title: New house-sitter robot hits stores in Japan; will cost $3,100
Source: Canada.com
URL Source: http://www.canada.com/news/oddities ... 02-1f3e-4aee-8e37-9327d00fda02
Published: Aug 19, 2005
Author: Canadian Press
Post Date: 2005-08-21 13:41:55 by robin
Keywords: house-sitter, stores, Japan;
Views: 80
Comments: 3

TOKYO (AP) - Worried about leaving your house empty while you go on vacation? Japan has the answer: a house-sitter robot armed with a digital camera, infrared sensors and a videophone.

Stores across Japan started taking orders Thursday for the Roborior - a watermelon-sized eyeball on wheels that glows purple, blue and orange - continuing the country's love affair with gadgets.

Roborior can function as interior decor, but also as a virtual guard dog that can sense break-ins using infrared sensors, notify homeowners by calling their cellphones, and send videos from its digital camera to the owner's phone.

It debuted in department stores this week, but supplies are limited. The robot is on display in a half-dozen shops, though many more are taking orders.

"We've had robots before that were just toys, but the Roborior can actually be put to practical use in the home," said Takako Sakata, a spokeswoman for the department store chain Takashimaya.

Such technology doesn't come cheaply. Takashimaya will sell the machines, developed by Japanese robot maker Tmsuk Co. Ltd. and electronics company Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., for 280,000 yen, or about $3,100 Cdn, each.

"We received a lot of inquiries after the demonstrations," Sakata said. "Our initial plan is to sell 2,000 robots."

Tmsuk has already produced a four-legged security robot called Banryu, which is about the size of a large dog and sells for two million yen, or $22,000.

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#1. To: All (#0)

The Border Patrol and MMP could use a few of these.

"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't." - Mark Twain -

Victory and Energy cartoon animations.

robin  posted on  2005-08-21   13:42:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: robin (#1)

World's Shortest Fairy Tale

Once upon a time there was a guy.

He asked his girl "Will you marry me?"

The girl said "No."

And the guy lived happily ever after.

Lod  posted on  2005-08-21   18:17:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: robin (#0)

I want one of these. My cats will have a hell of time playing with it.

So many morons, so few bullets.

TommyTheMadArtist  posted on  2005-08-21   18:34:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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