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I can see the ConnectR hitting big as a home-monitoring device. Nothing better to keep babysitters, teens, and the like on their toes like a sentry robot. (And if they disable it, you just *know* they're up to somethign. ; )]]>Sep 27th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
Oh, /that's/ what it was for. I was kind of wondering what the point was. I'll have to put the servos back then, won't I?]]>Sep 27th 2007 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
Looj: Horrible name, no one is going to get the reference. Good price point, but a pointless bot. If I'm going to climb up a ladder to place/retrieve and inevitebly un-stick a bot, I'll just get my hands dirty and save a hundy. Besides, not all houses have great lengths of straight gutter.

ConnectR: Wifi-controlled roomba with a speakerphone/webcam on it. $500. Huh? I see great PR for this if they get a bunch of deployed troops using them to play virtual daddy while they're in the sandbox, but beyond that, I just don't get the point.

Oh, I didn't read the PR]]>Sep 27th 2007 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
I see good use for telecommuting workers. The gentlemen in the article made a telepresence robot (similar to the CR, plus a monitor for bi-directional video feeds) to telecommute across Canada. Teleconferencing, phone calls and the like didn't work out as well as this robot. So there is definately potential. His, however, was a slight bit taller.

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772377-1.html

I'm seriously thinking about building my own telepresence robot...]]>Sep 27th 2007 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
I could see the ConnectR being a big hit with military families.]]>Sep 27th 2007 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
I can only imagine the kind of fun we'd have wasting time at the office following the cats around with a robot. Oh, how easily amused Software Engineers can be! :-P

I signed up for the Beta. Seems like I'm matching their target audience (people with pets or children and are into social networking website), so hopefully I get to try one out soon.]]>Sep 27th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
I will buy a ConnectR if it can do zwave or x10 for some home automation or can at least start a PSTN phone call. What exactly are my choices once I see something unfavourable going on in my house ? ]]>Sep 27th 2007 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/
Even so I suppose it will have its uses. Be nice to look in on the house while out of town etc... now if it could just fetch the mail...]]>Sep 27th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 27th 2007 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 28th 2007 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/27/irobot-debuts-connectr-and-looj-home-bots/Sep 28th 2007 9:04AM