Scientists develop maid robot
Reuters reports on a robot that can do some basic household chores:
Japanese scientists have created a robot that mops up, does the laundry and even cleans the kitchen. The ‘Assistant Robot’ is the brain child of Tokyo University’s Information and Robot Technology (IRT) Research Initiative system research centre and a slew of japanese companies including Toyota Corp, Sega, Panasonic and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The robot can “see” three dimensional objects and locate them as well as recognising when a job has not been completed properly and move to complete it. Laundry is said to be one of its favourite chores. It can find a dirty shirt, throw it into a washing machine and push the buttons to wash and rinse and spin dry clothes. But those who think this might be the answer to their cleaning woes can’t rejoice just yet. The research centre says it will be another decade or two before the robot can be mass-produced.
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Put one of those freaky anime girl helmets on ‘em and slap on a pair of breasts and he’ll be the richest man in Japan.
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I’d love to see when it mistakes the family pet for a “dirty” rag and throws it in the washer, or strangles someone because they looked “out of place”.
Technology is cool, but i bet it will spell our DOOM.
DOOOOOOOOOM!!
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It’s really scary at first sight,but it could be very useful for elder people.
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*pfft* If it’s not dressed in a cute little black outfit and can’t serve me cake while calling me “master,” I’m not interested.
Also, look how bulky that thing is. It could barely enter my apartment, let alone vacuum the place. It’s hard to imagine where in Japan these engineers live if they think this design is viable for cramped Japanese homes.
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Erm…I don’t think it’s supposed to be the final product…
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…but can I have sex with it?!?
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yeah looks like it still has some bugs that need fixing in the Moe~ department.
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Where’s the maid uniform?
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