Rogun Looks Pissed, Flirts With Your Kids
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 15 of March , 2010 at 4:34 am
This is Rogun, a Korean humanoid robot especially notable for its glowering expression as well as its impressive 1 meter height. Rogun is designed to be a sort of telepresence robot, in that it can wander around your house and make sure everything is in order, streaming video to your mobile device using an integrated WiFi, WiMAX, or HSDPA connection.
When its not playing security guard, Rogun will woo your children with singing, dancing, guitar, and videos playing on its chest-mounted LCD. It has 26 degrees of freedom and its hands can grasp with 0.5kg of pressure, which is fortunately not enough to crush fragile human fingers, because it seriously looks like it wants to.
The video makes it looks like Rogun doesn’t have much in the way of capabilities or intelligence that you wouldn’t be able to find on any number of more conventional (i.e. without a slick plastic exterior) hobby-type humanoids. And, uh, it seems to be plugged in. However, here’s what it’s supposed to be able to do:
• Recognition of moving objects
• Posture/gesture recognition
• Environment recognition
• Sound recognition
• Face recognition
This video was uploaded in 2007, though, so I suppose it’s possible that Rogun is now fully functional and ready to take over your house. If anyone speaks Korean, make sure and check out the KornTech site for the rest of us.
[ KornTech ] VIA [ Gadget Ideaz ]
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