KIST Mahru-Z waits on you very, very slowly

We've seen KIST's Marhu robot tooling around here before, but now they're showing off the latest models, the Mahru-Z (with some help from Mahru-M), in some super useful scenarios. Mahru-Z and M have been successfully demonstrating their service abilities by carrying cups of tea, and retrieving toast from toasters and delivering it as well. The Z-version bot is a bit shorter than previous iterations, and also sports different, more dextrous arms. He stands about 4 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 122 pounds. Both bots are networked and use 3D object recognition in their task completion. Overall, the improvements to the Mahru bots are iterative, but it sure is great to hear that one day we'll have someone to bring our breakfast to us in bed. Video is after the break.

[newdna Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:22PM]

Wow! Cool and totally useless!

[Oler Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:33PM]

By the time it fetches your food it is going to be cold.
Nonetheless, go skynet, flip the switch.

[werty1432k Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:49PM]

@Oler When I saw that thing start to walk I laughed pretty hard and said "that's so stupid" out loud. Couldn't help it. The thing walks ridiculously/hilariously slowly.

[werty1432k Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:38PM]

All of those robots coming out of Japan are just creeepy

[TikiTeko Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:14PM]

@werty1432k :s Kinda creepy yes.... Imagine when this thing is well developed how many teens are going to lose their jobs at McDo and BK... :S SO this is the future... they were not kidding at the movies.

[ConceptVBS Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:14PM]

@werty1432k

Except this is in South Korea.

[Gregorian Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:50PM]

That's alot of tech just to fetch a slice of toast.

I like toast, so I want one.

[SolidSnake Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:53PM]

Isn't that what a wife is for?

[TikiTeko Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:11PM]

@SolidSnake Hmm, no. And that proves you don't have one. Try asking a modern woman to make you toast.

[SolidSnake Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:27PM]

@TikiTeko
Well excuse me, I was just trying to make a joke..... No harm intended.

[pheodra Posted Jan 18th 2010 11:38PM]

@SolidSnake
ummmmm, i believe that was a joke dude
but if i makes you feel better, my wife makes me toast (sometimes)

[NathanHeil Posted Jan 18th 2010 6:56PM]

Why do robots need to have two feet again? wouldn't it be better to fit them with 4-8 like an insect or just give them wheels?

[werty1432k Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:08PM]

@NathanHeil They want the robots to be human-like. I haven't seen any humans with wheels :p

[werty1432k Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:09PM]

@werty1432k and don't way people in wheel chairs! lol

[TikiTeko Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:10PM]

@NathanHeil yeah, they need to be able to blend with society... Terminator Style baby

[Dapman02 Posted Jan 18th 2010 8:05PM]

@NathanHeil
because a robot with more than 2 legs is crazy scary

[Gregorian Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:01PM]

Indeed.
A high speed toast arachnid 'droid, skuttling across the walls carrying your toast from kitchen to bedroom would be much more fun.

[TikiTeko Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:09PM]

Meet George Jetson.
His Boy Elroy.
Daughter Judy.
Jane his wife.


That is what come to my mind !

[tim0th Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:22PM]

When are they going to get with the program and make robots like the Awesomo?

[BrianH Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:49PM]

that was the single most boring video i have ever seen in my life.

[Robotbling Posted Jan 18th 2010 8:01PM]

@BrianH I guess it's a good thing I shortened the video. It was originally 6 minutes long!

[shogunmaster Posted Jan 18th 2010 7:53PM]

@fatslug

Looks like they could be modified into the best Rock'em Sock'em Robots Game ever!!!

[magallanes Posted Jan 18th 2010 8:24PM]

well, at least they are not hitting bottom of the Uncanny Valley.

[Gas Posted Jan 18th 2010 9:45PM]

Aww, Laura, I'll bring you breakfast in bed. :-(

[mrclean816 Posted Jan 18th 2010 10:44PM]

They better wash their damn dirty robot hands before handling my food.

[pheodra Posted Jan 18th 2010 11:44PM]

The battle for who can built to most freaky robot between Japan and Korea has picked up the pace ....

[MrLinux Posted Jan 18th 2010 11:49PM]

"OMG it's a KIRF ASIMO"

[DanaDurnford Posted Jan 19th 2010 11:13AM]

Robots are like a volume dial , when people accept robots they will turn the speed up, right now people are scared of the future robotics so they make them seem comical , but everything we see is irrelevant obsolete tec , if a human robot was unveiled tomorrow the world would lose its mind , humans are not ready yet for the reality of modern robotics , and as a side note i think robots first rule is they should never be allowed to look a human in the eyes , nor should they be allowed in the military .

[Ducman69 Posted Jan 19th 2010 4:43PM]

@DanaDurnford - BS, every boy in Japan would give his left nut for a femmebot... and proceed to use the remaining nut on said bot.