Autom is a tiny
robot, and he's getting closer than ever to availability. His whole job? To coach you to lose weight... that's right, Autom is a dieting robot. You start off by entering the details of your diet, fitness level, and exercise into Autom's databank, and then he sits on your countertop and has daily 'conversations' with you -- which we assume are full of a lot of reassuring aphorisms and 'go get 'em' talk. Developed by Cory Kidd (who built the first iteration by hand) while studying at
MIT, Autom is set to go into trials in the US sometime next year with a major insurance company. Now, we're all for healthy living, and everyone knows we love robots, but we're inclined to take a pass on Autom... if only because we can't stand to hear the truth 100 percent of the time. If you hit up the source link, you can see a video of the little guy in action. A video of an earlier version of Autom is after the break.
posted July 21st 2010 12:53PM
For a moment I thought Autom was something to help autistic kids memorize area codes, sports stats and what not...
"I can help you with your weight loss program if you tell me how to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!"
@Venomous Zer0
'Please put down your donut, you now have 20 seconds to comply'
You have friends? :(
You know whats funny is there was an episode of Neighbors From Hell that had a weight loss robot that made fun of your fatness haha
I'll shove this under the table next to my Wii Balance board so they can insult each other
Yeah........if you need a robot to tell you that you're fat.....you probably don't have any friends
@GenericMessage: Anyone who needs a robot to motivate him- or herself to lose weight should just give up.
This would be cooler as a self-support kiosk, IMO.
Turn those creepy support robots into something cute and cuddly that we can actually bear!
the robot only helps you lose weight because robots don't care about fattening humans up before killing them
How about a robot that tells me my jeans don't make my butt look big.
@Elduderino2412 so, basically, a husband?
Just what I always wanted. Terminator to be my fitness coach.
Looks like the Pillsbury Dough boy... Its OK to want cresent rolls after midnight.. go ahead, make some all for your self... I won't tell. It'll be our little secret.. Woo Hoo.
I can use it without turning it on; I just use it as a pseudo-basketball and bounce its soulless body on the floor.
@Professor Hubert J Farnsworth
i think you have that reversed
@Professor Hubert J Farnsworth
or stated another way,
in soviet russia, soulless robot bounce YOU
If they decide to make a sex robot... the display would read out pretty much d same....
Cute
The build process of the early Autom prototypes is quite fascinating:
http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/11/22/building-robot-heads-using-3d-printing-silicone-molds-and-injected-plastic
YOU'RE FAT.
Fat.. fat.. fat.. fat.. fat... oh for the last time you will never get any thinner you are fatty it's in your genes and there is nothing you can do about it fatty. Go eat a cheeseburger stop bothering me while I play with your Wii.
I cant wait to see some obese redneck shoot this thing to pieces.
Haha