We want one. Scratch that: We
need one. Check out this ridiculously awesome kitchen-cleaning robot called the Readybot -- if this is what the future of robot enslavement looks like, sign us up. The creators, part of a homebrew group called the Readybot Robot Challenge, are dedicated to finding a breakthrough application for consumer robotics, and team leader Tom Benson says the answer is simple: "We think people want a robot that can clean the kitchen." Uh, yeah. The dishwasher sized Readybot prototype can currently do a little less than half of your common kitchen chores, but Benson says it'll eventually get to 80 percent -- which is about 100 percent more than we're currently doing. Fall in love with the video after the break.
posted Feb 27th 2008 4:50PM
i can already see what the kids will do with the machine when it is cleaning....
which is...
This looks like the tech out of that movie "Flubber" from like what '99 ?????
Now all it needs to do is actually cook the meal!
Readybot vs. Puppy
Ready?
Fight!!!
At that speed, the puppy will have gone for a walk, played with his chew toy, run up and down the stairs 57 times, opened a beer from the fridge, gotten me the paper and then peed on the robot's treds before "Readybot" would have "deployed" the squeegee.
I got 5 bucks on the dog. Any takers?
I am offended. Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich is the single best thing ever invented. NOT some R2-D2 wannabe.
But....WILL IT BLEND?????
Will it do the blending for me?
Ummmmm Big Sam, that was MY joke......
Bigbird vs Big Sam
Ready?
Fight!
haha - and now i get low ranked. m'kay.....
Do you think it will welcome it's Kitchen Robot overthrowing overlords with a well made cup of tea?
the actual question should be:
Will it clean the Blender ??
this isn't even a joke anymore you suck, it's about as funny as the economy
lol that one always gets me! but seriously, will it blend my smoothies!
You should well know by now that using the phrase "Will it blend" will always get you lowest ranked.
Who needs Kim and Aggie!
So you guys are currently doing 40% of your kitchen chores?
Confusing SAT math phrasing ain't got nothin' on me.
Hahaha that was what I was thinking too.
Man that thing moves slow.
or maybe it's moving so fast that you think its slow
Wait that's it? I just stacked the dishes away! It was supposed to wash them WTF
Looks like an old washing machine with arms and a dome on top. Pretty modern.
What a wasteful robot, it should turn those veggies into biofuel.
But what if the tiny man inside who's moving it around isn't a vegetarian?
Slow isn't the word. Imagine the outcome of a chip pan fire! The charred remains of said robot still trying to read the fire blanket instructions.....
It's Rosie ver. 0.0.0.0.2325!
I already have a wife...
Do you have a lawyer?
I is confuzed.
I R Soo Expensive
Divorce her marry robot.
Remember: Nilay is an attorney, but he's not YOUR attorney!
If the robot can understand "Make me a sandwich" then where do I sign.
sudo make me a sandwich
make clean
Retrobot is right at home in RetroKitchen. All it needs is corrugated flexible hose arms and a twirling can opener on its dome head.
Good point about the kitchen though. Not a hint of brushed steel around!
The makers of that video have been careful enough not to show what happens when the Readybot comes across a kitchen knife.
I still have nightmares.
Animatrix!!!!!!!!
EX-TER-MI-NATE! DE-STROY!
Remember folks, judging by his obvious infatuation with the CleanBot5000, Nilay is neither your lawyer NOR your maid. Nor his maid, apparently.
And how would Readybot do in Battle Bots? Maybe it could clean up the pile of trash in the middle of the ring after getting it's arse handed to it?
This makes me happy in my pan- erm. In my head. Yes. Happy in my head.
pathetic....its 2008 fer chrisskates
whatd it do with the garbage it swept onto the floor?
There's clearly someone in that thing, pulling some levers... uh... clearly.
Finally! I've been waiting for more robots since I got a Roomba and realized how insanely useful they are. I also need a bathroom cleaning robot and a clothes folding robot. There is no reason in 2008 for clothes to come out of the dryer unfolded.
Yeah the Roomba was nice until I had to spend 20 minutes cleaning all the gunk and hair out of the rollers, thus negating all the time I had saved by letting the robot vacuum my floors!
And I'm sure you'll really enjoy that sandwitch. Then one day you get home to discover your wife is enjoying the spinny surface cleaner attachment in a manner neither intended or covered in the user warranty!
Now that's what I call blending.
Hey man, for me and my wife, that just equals party!;) Giggity Giggity, all riight. I'm gonna go look at porn by myself... I'm alone forever......
Am I the only one that finds the choppy video a little staged?
That really was quite lame.
-Unless it can levitate, it didn't actually come out of the cabinet. There was about a 4" drop from the cabinet bottom to the floor.
-All it did was move objects on the counter. It didn't stack dishes or even place them in the sink/dishwasher to consolidate space. It simply moved the mess from one location to another. It didn't clean anything.
-The squeegee simply swept the debris on the floor. Do you then need an iRobot Roomba or Scooba to clean the floor afterwards?
-What happens when there is liquid in a plate/bowl? It seemed to tilt some of the plates/bowls at a severe angle when they were picked up. (Liquid spills, gets squeegeed to the floor, left for iRobot Scooba to clean up?)
One reply and one contribution. Neither obscene and both deleted in the last few minutes. Anyone else suffering from this?
No it's a conspiracy against you.
I've said too much. o_O
does it come with more than one musical choice?
I'm declaring shenanigans! Or at least one shenanigan... at the very beginning of the video, the cabinet door opens, suggesting that readybot gets itself in & out of a storage area. Notice the rather big toekick on that cabinet, and the wheels on the 'bot that go 'round and 'round? Wouldn't work.
Can I legally marry it?
Only if I can legally smoke it.
that thing is cool. only that guy had to change those heads that did the cup lifting to the gripper for plates to the mop thing, not practical if its suppose to be automated....
Thats just a garbage can with Verne Troyer inside.
pure l33t
I realize everything has to start off somewhere, but damnnn that thing looks lame. Notice how they speeded up the video at several points, so you wouldn't have to realize that it takes this thing 10 minutes to pick up 3-4 dishes and move them from one side of the counter to the other?
Want a house cleaning robot? Stop trying to build something that looks like a beefed up Roomba and has the motor skills of a drunken chimp and actually get cracking on real A.I.
Hey now, let's not talk about the current US President in such terms!
If there was no one inside this ill shaped 'robot' then it was definitely remote controlled.
Horrible.
Your got to be kidding me:
1: That was the most boring video I have seen in a long time.
2: That lame arse robot wouldn't stand a chance of getting through cleaning up the mess a real family ends up with in the kitchen, or, it would spend 24/7 working to keep up with the mess (that thing is so slo).
a-c-t-i-v-a-t-e anti human lasers
totally not old school, where's the 'does not compute'?
Hi Everybody, great comments!
Yes, in fact a tiny human operator is crouched inside, operating the bot.
Darn it.
We didn't thing you would catch on so quick.
wow, you made a profile just for that one post...
i am so lost
read the article - they are serious
watch the video - they arn't serious
read their website - they are serious
make up your fkn minds
My kitchen is always clean. Simply open Doritos bag, eat contents, throw bag away. Repeat daily.
lol that post goes really well with your avatar.. and im eating doridos right now
were out of salsa tho :(
i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed one! it must be able to run crysis on high, its just that good.
but where are the anti-personnel machine guns?
...ok, fine, since no one else wants to say it...
I, for one, welcome our useless, bloated, midget-controlled kitchen-cleaning overlords.
It is slow, but, if I was to go out for the evening, I could conceivably return to a clean(er) kitchen.
I think I will wait until more is learned from via feedback, that is, if this is available to purchase, or if it will be available soon.
Overall, Jetsons Forever i spirit, but not instant gratification.
Peter J. Lupo Esq.
antiaging4geeks.com
what music is that, I love it!
That's a tune called "Safari on Aisle 9" It's got a lot of zip.
If only it had a sexual hole then I could do away with my girlfriend entirely.
if it can play doom ill never get married
I did the math, and it will take this thing 9 weeks to clean my kitchen.
Love the parallel to those hoover ads from the 50's. Can you imagine 2040!?
Did anyone else notice the continuity errors?
who cares about robots that clean kitchens, make a robot that can mix a drink or better yet a robot that can mix drinks and hold your hair after your hammered.
This video brought a tear to my eye. I love this robot! PLEASE make it work!
But don't make it blend.