Figura Vacuum Bot Takes Orders
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 9 of December , 2008 at 5:30 am
Roombas never listen to you. No matter how many times you tell them to stop trying to vacuum up your foot or terrorizing the cats, they just don’t get it. Figura Inc., a Japanese company, has put together a prototype of a cleaning robot that will do what you tell it to, or so they say. The I Figura robot has a powerful vacuum (as well as an optional floor waxing unit) and, like the Roomba, can navigate autonomously to clean rooms and avoid obstacles. It has some interesting features, like automated charging and a fairly complicated wireless computer control system, but it also responds to verbal commands, like “clean up,” or “get out of the way:”
Well, I’m sure that would have made a lot more sense if I understood high-pitched Japanese robot-speak. The I Figura cleaning robot is scheduled to be available in April of 2009 for an undisclosed but probably really damn expensive price.
VIA [ Robot-Watch (Translated) ]
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Comment by Ironman
Made Tuesday, 9 of December , 2008 at 10:32 am
what do u know, Japanese people listen to jazz too.
Comment by alex
Made Wednesday, 30 of September , 2009 at 9:06 am
I know the price, if sent to Brazil