Panasonic's Robotic Bed makes sleeping with robots a reality
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 18th 2009 4:42AM
posted Sep 18th 2009 4:42AM
Know what we hate? The long groggy walk from our beds to the computer. It's only 10 feet but its potentially dangerous and honestly, exhausting. Panasonic's Robotic Bed is set to change that by automatically transforming from a static bed to a mobile wheelchair... and back. Once converted, the robotic chair can navigate the home while avoiding obstacles with "no need for training," according to Panasonic. The canopy is fitted with a television and plugs into the home network so you can control home appliances and view security cameras. Obviously, its primary purpose is to give people with limited mobility more independence. However, bloggers can dream can't we? The Robotic Bed will be unveiled for the first time at the Tokyo Big Sight show on September 29th.
well a fat man's wish came true ... or is it the dream of a professional online poker players?? I don't remember which one it was
Go away!!! I'm baten' and trying to watch Ouch My Balls!!!!
I was wondering if the first movie reference was going to be WALL-E or Idiocracy. I'm honestly not sure which would have been better, but thanks for flipping the switch.
It actually doesn't make much sense to reference Idiocracy since it wasn't really about us becoming lazy and fat while sitting in sweet robot chairs like WALL-E was. People still walked around in Idiocracy although corporations and giant retail stores did ruin the world in both so the movies do share a lot.
But your incorrect movie reference is OK because Idiocracy was funny.
E-wall fantasy, baby!
People are gonna be f**ked when they need a shower. Brain...doesn't....understand...why...this...doesn't...work
Wait ... is there a place set for a box Hostess Twinkies and six pack of Yoo-hoo?
Must have your nutrients within arm's reach.
A wheel or joystick mount would seal the deal.
How very sad. Always liked Panasonic, but here they are pandering to the overweight socially hopeless geeks that are making up an increasingly large proportion of society as the human race slowly drifts away from intimacy. (Tag: WALL.E). Then again, Big Pharma will profit from supplying living blobs with an lifetime source of essential insulin and blood sugar testing gadgets.
But as long as the economy keeps ticking over, it's all right then?
Dons flack jacket and asbestos underwear for expectant flames from fellow Engadgeters who are slim, sexy and socially with it.
BATTLE STATIONS!
;)
"slim, sexy and socially with it"
2 out of 3 aint so bad
I don't think this is intended for obese people so much as crippled people.
Yes, how horrible of a company to make something that could save lives by giving the elderly and crippled the ability to get in and out of bed under their own power. Ya know what, I think we should boycott them. This is America, where if you are too old to get out of bed, you should either be rich or dead. /s
Well they better be rich if they want to buy this...
The dream!!!!!
Has it got a 3.5mm jack by the way?
ahaha.
Doesn't this remind anyone of what the humans had in the movie Wall-E?´
If only they levitated...
I was thinking more along the lines of the med-pod in Aliens where Sigourney Weaver sees the scan of the wee little alien growing in her.
It's like the Batmobile for handicapped people...
NICE!
I wonder why nobody thought of this as a helpful item to the physically challenged?
This thing needs a built-in toilet, drinking water supply and that robotic sandwich maker engadget reported on about a few months ago
Surely you meant Redbull supply and robotic ramen maker?
So... any of you seen "Roujin Z"?
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102812/
Reminds me of Patlabor. Can't wait for one to go amok.
Oops, Bones3D has it right - "Roujin Z"
That bed looks like a bed off Sims 2......
I would love that bed, lazy fat guy approves!
The best part is that fold-down TV. Nice!
Does it come in king size?
is it just me, or does this look like an awesome medical concept bed, for bedridden patients that cannot stand/pivot to a chair...?
tst
It will naturally include the Segway (with built-in seat attachment) option for those rare, pesky ventures out of doors.
Good god, hasn't anybody seen Wall-E??? Do we really want to be like that???
Stop making misleading titles, Engadget! The sexbot is thankfully farther away than I thought now.
In other news, fatties and crippled/sick people alike can rejoice.
"Go Team Venture!"
I like this concept, seriously, to get my lazy butt out of bed. As it's a chore to do so, this thing can sit me up in bed. If that doesn't work it converts into a chair and moves itself out of the bed canopy. And if that doesn't also work, it should then stand me up and dump my ass on the floor. At that point, the "bed" no longer exists to climb back under the covers.
Aside from that, helping those with mobility challenges was the obvious goal behind it's design and those who seriously thought otherwise are kindly requested to remove themselves from the gene pool.
Great. Now I have disturbing images of Stephen Hawking in bed floating around my brain. Yuck.
Normally I scoff at this kind of thing.... But it's just so science fiction-y looking that I want one.
I wonder wht wud be the price of this ultra-modern gadget..? i am a hadicapped and wheelchair bound..and feel that this gadget wud be of immense help to me..but wonder if i wud be able to afford it!!!!