Robot Jox Can Mimic Your Arm Movements, Fetch Booze
Writing by lukeanderson on Monday, 12 of October , 2009 at 1:51 am
By Chris Scott Barr
The pinnacle of modern civilization comes when man no longer has to get off his lazy rear to do mundane tasks like fetch beer. We’ve seen a bot that can do this before, but was a very specialized one that had no other real functions. You also couldn’t easily make or obtain one of these for yourself. Thankfully you can get your hands on the Robot Jox, which can grab your beer for you.
Sadly, this isn’t some awesome butler bot that is going to go to your kitchen and fetch booze whenever you require (when will we get these?!) but it can use its arms to pick up and carry your favorite beverage by mimicking your own arm movements (you’ll have to be wearing a special set of gloves to do this). It features built-in camera sensors for eyes, 20 degrees of movement and soon it will have modified gripper hands and limb extensions.
This robot friend is going to set you back a good chunk of change, weighing in at $4500. The applications beyond beer fetching are considerable, but I think I’ll hold out for my butler bot.
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Comment by Robotbling
Made Monday, 12 of October , 2009 at 7:36 am
A proper link back to my original article would be appreciated, though Evan already wrote about this kit so this article is superfluous anyway. original article here