It was over a year ago
that we
first saw
JVC's "J4" Bluetooth-controlled robot. The company busted it out once again for a demonstration over in
Japan, and a few more details have been revealed about what makes it tick. Besides Bluetooth, it can be controlled by
voice or mobile phone (over the phone network). On its head are two CMOS cameras that record video in MotionJPEG, and
an internal lithium ion battery gives it a life of about 90 minutes. Of course it also does other normal "Japanese
robot things" like sing, dance, and act like it can understand what you're saying. JVC said that although they
currently don't have plans to make the robot available to consumers, this latest demonstration is to help them get a
feel for what consumers think of the robot. Well JVC, you already know our response.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
delerious @ Jan 17th 2006 6:13AM
Hmmm, this is going to be like off of Small Soldiers. We're all going to have to fight these little creatons some day..... when we do, I want 20 Qrio's and an Asimo to fight them off.
mattharvest @ Jan 17th 2006 8:16AM
Good God, I've never wanted a small robot that could fit in the palm of my hands more than now. I'm not kidding, I really would pay quite a significant amount of money for that thing.
Weird...it's like they found some post-hypnotic trigger word for me.
GoRobotics.net @ Jan 17th 2006 10:29AM
Delerious, What about a fleet of metal-jawed Aibos?
Neil @ Jan 17th 2006 10:43AM
"On its head are two CMOS cameras that record video in MotionJPEG" this is so much better than the SonyEricsson ball thng that you could control from your compatible handset, that they seem to have quietly forgotten about.
Product Reviews @ Jan 17th 2006 11:51AM
More robots are being controlled by voice including future versions of the robosapian, but controlling by mobile phone, thats cool.
tempusmaster @ Jan 17th 2006 4:26PM
The J4 is interesting, but it remains to be seen how JVC positions it, and whether or not it turns into a real product or just a display of technology. We've been following the J4 on our robot blog at http://www.robots-dreams.com for the past year, and as recently as last month Moriyama-san started posting J4 photos on Flickr like these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20905679@N00/78575742/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20905679@N00/84894811/
We'll be looking for more clues to their strategy on the Japanese robot blogs.
FSK1138 @ Jan 17th 2006 6:25PM
i NEED JVC's "J4" Bluetooth-controlled robot
"it compels me.."
does anyone have a $$$ on this ????