Pyuuun palm-sized robot keeps tabs on you, delivers beverages
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted March 2nd 2009 6:27PM
posted March 2nd 2009 6:27PM
If Hans Moravec of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is right, we only have a good twenty to thirty years left before robots evolve into a new type of artificial species. As we wait for the inevitable robot apocalypse, we've already begun to see lots of little robotic guys pop into our lives, whether they're sweeping the floor, giving us something to hug, or bringing us a cup of tea. In addition to its miniature waitstaff ability, Pyuuun, Robo-Engine's "LifeLog Robot," is equipped with eight sensors (including brightness, movement, collision, sound, distance, temperature, slope and infrared) and can be programmed to monitor an area, collecting various data (such as keeping an eye on a temperature-sensitive workspace) and reporting back to you (or your robot overlords) via WiFi. With a 12-volt battery that promises six hours of use on a single charge, the utility of this bad boy is only limited by your imagination -- and its ?300,000 (about $3,090) price tag. Video after the break.
Why do companies insist on improving robots when they know that robots will turn on us in the end? Surely SOMEone in these companies has read a sci-fi story about a future botocalypse. :-/
I'm pretty sure they're the ones who wrote them.
Three grand for $500 dollars worth of hardware? (just a guess on the value)
This hardly seems worth it.
If you can build them for $500, then why don't you do that and sell them for $2000.
Undercut the competition!!!
Now if only it would make sandwiches...
really need one of the them peanut butter& jelly making ones :P
Cute little bugger. Shades of Battlestar Galactica and the "genesis of the Ceylons". Add that to teh story line in the Sarah Connor Chronicles-it all starts with such a simple creation. Makes one wonder at the pace tech is growing in Flat Panel Televisions what might be coming next.
ok. it costs 3 grand, gets you a cup of tea, and cant even do basic collision avoidance??
It wanted to hit the kitty.
before anybody buys this, I think that they should instead get one of those sumo bot kits, and some sensors for it, it will be about a tenth of the price of this with similar functionality. On another similar but not directly related note, if you are interested in robotics, you should join/form a FIRST robotics team. you create a robot that has to do a certain task or game, and you compete with other teams around the world. Although I am not currently an adult, I also really believe that it will give me a true leg up in getting a well paying job. If there is anybody else here who is on a FIRST team or has been on one they will tell you that it is a very gratifying experience.
Member of Team 1719
Wow! Xbox 360 and Wii. No PS3 LOL!
Let the flaming begin :D
Hey, look at that. A coaster with wheels...
:rolleyes:
It's 3 Grand for a Robotic Coaster. For that much money, it should also include a refrigerator size, voice activated, drink dispensing, robot to fill up that little cup with any beverage or soup of your choice.
He enjoyed that tea immensely.