Roppie The Home Service Robot Can’t Dance
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 20 of October , 2009 at 12:01 am
Roppie is Asia’s latest stab at a home service robot that will be able to take care of a large and rapidly aging population. He can fetch things for you, pour you a glass of water, and display information on his tummy. Impressed? Yeah, I’m not either.
There have been so many robots like this that the only reason I’m writing about this particular one is that it’s a bad dancer. It’s no longer especially notable to construct a mobile home robot with couple arms and a slick body that can bring you stuff… It’s time for the next generation of home robots, which either need to be a.) way way cheaper, b.) way way smarter and more versatile, or c.) both. Or maybe both is the generation after the next generation, but it’s definitely not here yet.
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Category: Consumer
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Comment by Del
Made Tuesday, 20 of October , 2009 at 10:53 am
C’mon, it dances as well as Johnny 5 ever did.
Wait, that was over 20 years ago…
Comment by The tribble
Made Wednesday, 21 of October , 2009 at 6:20 am
How much does it cost?
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Wednesday, 21 of October , 2009 at 4:39 pm
I’m not sure, but my guess is that this is a one-off proof of concept type robot and not actually a production version.
