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Sanyo Announces "Banryu" Home Security Robot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insert-mecha-godzilla-joke-here dept.

Fooferaw writes "From the Sanyo web site: Sanyo and smaller tmsuk announce the next version of their "Banryu" home robot shaped somewhat like a dragon (it has the shiny curves of an AIBO, IMO). The Banryu can walk 15m/min., hear, sense in the infrared, and apparently "smell" a fire in the home. It even transmit real-time video." Corrected: The title initially said Sharp...I must have Zaurus on the brain.

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  1. Not Practical for Security Use? by Rob.Mathers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Although the press release was not specific on exactly what sort of home security functions it would perform, I would think that it's speed would limit it's use. A 15 m per minute (.9 km/h) could easily be out walked by even the most unfit of people. This would seem to make it fairly useless in any sort of roving intruder detection system.

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  2. armament by nounderscores · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the base model doesn't seem to have a lot of bite to its bark... but unlike a real dog you might be able to mount a backpack rocket launcher like that dog shadow from the centurions.

    On the other hands, real k9s these days can carry body armour, so I guess things might be looking up for organic hounds.