Readybot cleans your kitchen, might be single best thing ever invented
By Nilay Patel 
posted February 27th 2008 4:50PM
posted February 27th 2008 4:50PM
posted February 27th 2008 4:50PM
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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?)
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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.
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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.