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Banryu, Robot Or Dragon?

Posted by timothy on from the dr.-no-was-way-ahead-of-this-guy dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "When Yoichi Takamoto, president of the small Japanese company Tmsuk, decided to build a robotic guard for your house, he was not able to use the familiar design of a dog. The idea was already taken by Sony, with its successful Aibo. Instead, he decided to develop the Banryu (or "guard dragon") robots. After all, nobody has ever seen a real dragon. So he was free to design it as he wished. The result is a scary robot which is 90 centimeters tall, weighs 35 kilograms, has more than 50 built-in sensors and can transmit an alarm to its master's cell phone if someone tries to invade the house. It doesn't come cheap. The price is about $18,000, but you can choose between five colors. The Asahi Shimbun tells us the story, while this overview includes several pictures of the frightening dragon." This is scary?

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  1. Looks like a fat chihuahua... by beamin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yo quiero Taco Bell!

  2. I HATE FUCKING JEW NIGGER FAGGOTS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:I HATE FUCKING JEW NIGGER FAGGOTS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you post a curious comment...I wonder how many of those there are in the USA:

      assuming:
      black 10%
      jewish 2%
      male 49%
      homosexual 4%
      adult 75%
      with an even distribution

      300,000,000 x 0.1 x 0.02 x 0.02 x 0.75 ...

      well it's about 9000 of them, so the chances are that you don't meet many, so I suggest you don't get too hung up on the activities of this very small minority.

      Anyway, I am not sure being Jewish is generally compatible with being a homosexual, so this 9000 figure could be too high - so you might have the wrong end of the stick anyway.

      You might want to ask yourself why you feel the need to express your frustration in this way.
      Try eating more vegetables and fruit, less processed food and go for a healthy walk once in a while.

  3. What's the difference between Niggers and tires? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tires don't sing when you put chains on them.

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