Cell Phone-Controlled Household Robot Revealed 83
rocannon writes "Cellular News reports that Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a new robot for the home, the MARON-1, as a follow-up for the HOAP-1. MARON-1 is equipped with a wide range of functions including telephone, camera, remote control, timer and surveillance equipment, and can be remotely controlled by a cell phone to operate home electronic appliances or monitor household security."
Re:Help me, I'm in hell! (Score:1)
When I first looked... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:When I first looked... (Score:1)
I made a MORON once... (Score:1)
Andrew
woo hoo I can fulfill my goal of doing nothing! (Score:1)
Re:woo hoo I can fulfill my goal of doing nothing! (Score:1)
Robots of death (Score:2, Funny)
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-a Perl script
Re:Robots of death (Score:1)
hmm.. I think I'll go patent that idea.
More details on this on 12 October (Score:4, Informative)
The company will release more details at the Japan Robot Conference, which opens on 12 October at Osaka University.
So, I quess more info will be available here [osaka-u.ac.jp] in a couple of days.
Re:More details on this on 12 October (Score:1)
No,
The same info will be able here [slashdot.org] in a few days when someone reposts it...
Re:More details on this on 12 October (Score:2)
Yes, I quess. I tend to quess guess wrongly atleast 42 times a day, I quess.
Uhm... (Score:1)
Maybe the word 'ambulatory' is scaring me off, but I'm pretty sure I'd be uncomfortable with machines trundling around my apartment. :P
It's a neat idea for older homes, though. The kind that can't be fully run as a 'smart house', for example. My ideal would be to have a house where everything could be centrally managed with no need for mechanical assistance (barring the typical activity of getting up and walking about, which I hear is a healthy thing to do, for human beings).
Yeah, robotic guard dog... (Score:5, Funny)
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Icerunner
Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:1)
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:2)
Thats DISGUSTING!
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:2)
What I'm trying to point out is that a robot that can replace a remote and take photos isn't more than a simple toy. If I was to buy a robot, I would want it to do something that I don't always enjoy (as indicated in the subject "Wash, clean, mown the lawn..."). I usually enjoy walking my dog, but when it is windy and rainy I really wish he'd learn to use a proper toilet
Please notice the smiley at the end. I do not suggest training a dog to use a tiolet designed for humans as it would be cruel to the poor animal, and it'd probably just miss it, forcing me to clean the floor, but if I had a robot for that... hmm.
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:1)
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:2)
My post simply implied that you wanted your robot to wake you up with a blowjob. Who gives a fuck about the dog with a slutty robot in the house!
Re:Wash, clean, mown the lawn... (Score:1)
We have the technology!
Its called an alarm clock.
But does it go up stairs? (Score:2, Informative)
http://pr.fujitsu.com/en/news/2002/10/7.html
doesn't need to... (Score:1)
The subway stations in downtown Tokyo have floor cleaning robots that ride the elevators...pretty funny to see one waiting for the door to open.
Here's Fujitsa's spec sheet for the MARON-1 (Score:4, Informative)
Ugly little beastie, isn't it?
But... (Score:2, Funny)
Isn't that why my wife married me ? (Score:4, Funny)
Bugger, looks like I'm out of a job
Re:Oh god. (Score:4, Funny)
A cellphone to control a remote control (Score:5, Funny)
Perfect, so now I'm able to control a robot that can control my TV - Weee the advances of science!
Now I only need a remote control for my cellphone...
"Honey - Have you seen the remote control for the remote control for the..."
Re:A cellphone to control a remote control (Score:2, Informative)
I love the onion. :)
/joeyo
Re:A cellphone to control a remote control (Score:2)
(And yes, most air conditioners here have infrared remote controls, so you can adjust them from anywhere in the rooom.)
cjs
Follow up to the Hoap-1? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Follow up to the Hoap-1? (Score:2)
Crackers (Score:1)
Bet Dave Bowman wished he had one... (Score:3, Funny)
Okay, maybe he wouldn't want one...
Perfect! (Score:1)
Excellent (Score:1)
Re:WOW!!!!!! (Score:1)
MARON? (Score:2)
Paging Doctor Branding... you're finally needed again in the O.R.! We've got a droid in critical condition from severe taunting trauma to the nomenclaturus maximus.
Foster's robot cleaner... (Score:1)
At last, a 'killer app' for the 3G mobile phone? (Score:1)
<troll>Come to think of it, in some parts of the US, a gun does come into the catagory of household appliances.<ducks and runs/></troll>
It has its own phone?! (Score:2)
Weekend minutes?? (Score:2, Funny)
The Ultimate in conveniece (Score:3, Funny)
A telephone I can control with my.......telephone?
Bad news, good news... (Score:4, Informative)
With the mention of the cell phone software being designed for DoCoMo handsets, I have a feeling this will be released for the Japan market, and much later, if ever for those of us in the US.
Good news:
Not nearly as multi-function, but arguably more useful is a robot that was just released in the US. Like the multi thousand dollar electolux sold in europe, the Roomba [roombavac.com] robotic vacuum cleaner was just released by the people at iRobot, and is available now at Sharper Image [sharperimage.com] and similar stores. Oh, and it's only $200. PC Magazine [pcmag.com] has a review.
Also, there's been a robot available for home monitoring and general wandering around in the US for some time called the Cye [personalrobots.com]. It's brain is your PC, but with their advanced kits that include a camera, you can have it do remote monitoring, etc... too. This thing is currently about $3k, but it used to be under $1k!
Anyone have an idea of the estimated price on MARON-1?
Saint Maron? (Score:1)
Can it download pron for me while I'm not at home? (Score:1)
land lines have rights too. (Score:1)
I imagine that it can operated by an sort of remove touchtone phone also =]
Integration (Score:1)
So what happens when this thing crashes? Will it program your VCR to record 8 hours of Jerry Springer? Order pay-per-view porn over and over again?
Think about it, Xbox + PVR + MORAN-1. The possibilities are endless of really screwing something up.
Bender's Dream (Score:1, Offtopic)
Voice Dial... (Score:1)
Better if I could contol via linux handheld/laptop (Score:1)
Can you just imagine?
apt-get install heineken
To get you a beer, open it, and install it in your hand. My happiness is complete.
kill all humans (Score:2)
enter KILL ALL HUMANS mode --- *63
leave KILL ALL HUMANS mode --- *6959392054829194585#3*%!54&43^4984
It already exists (Score:2)
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