House-Sitting Robot Hits Store Shelves in Japan

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday August 23, 2005 @06:08PM from the i'll-stick-with-the-neighbor-kid dept.

Eh-Wire writes "Roborior, a house-sitting robot armed with a digital camera, infrared sensors, and a videophone is on sale in select Japanese department stores. The house-sitting robot can detect break-ins with its infrared sensors and then call the owners cell phone and stream video to the tiny screen. At $2600 each the Roborior is not cheap. For those that require something a little more substantial, Tmusk, the manufacturer of Roborior, has produced a four legged version called Banryu. This one is the size of a large dog and sells for around $18,000. It's not supposed to shed hair or sleep on the furniture which could make it quite popular."

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Re:Er. by SoloFlyer2 · 2005-08-23 18:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Robber0: Hey man, check out this thing!
Robber1: What the hell is it...
Robber0: I Dunno... But it looks expensive... Grab it!

Oh the Irony :)

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Re:Camera robots? Bah by slackah · 2005-08-23 18:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Buy Lego Mindstorm and AK-47 then make your own "killer app" :D