By the middle of December, expect to spot a new type of robo-cop at the AquaCity shopping mall in the Odaiba neighborhood of Tokyo. That's what Sohgo Security Services told a crowd on Monday when it debuted the Reborg-Q, its new security bot, which has four video cameras and will alert its human masters when it detects the the presence of unauthorized persons, water leaks, or fire. But don't think that this is just a cold stack of metal, as the Reborg-Q has a chest-mounted touch-screen that can display information about missing children, the time, and weather, just like a real police officer or security guard. Each bot will cost its human security outfit ¥380,000 ($3,200), and Sohgo's already contracted to deploy 10 robots around Japan next year. Although it's programmed to protect and serve, we're pretty sure that when partnered with the
webslinging cop,
Land Walker,
iRobot and the
Intelligent Surveillance and Guard Robot, that fearsome fivesome might possibly assemble Voltron, or at very least become the Justice League of bot servants.
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posted Nov 29th 2006 10:33AM
awesome?
Doesn't anyone learn anything from old 80's "B-rated" horror movies...
Check out "CHOPPING MALL"...
I would like to be the first to say "Irasshaimase!" to our mall-protecting robot overlords.
I, for one, welcome our future rent-a-bot mall overlords,
Reminds me of MAX from the movie, "Black Hole."
"when it detects the the presence of authorized persons"
Shouldn't that be "unauthorized persons"?
My bad. Thanks for catching the error. We've fixed it.