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House-Sitting Robot Hits Store Shelves in Japan

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. First quadratic polynomial post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    2600 dollars for each Robrior
    4 legs on each Banryu
    18000 dollars for each Banryu
    1 quadratic polynomial post

    2600, 4, 18000 and 1 are the zeroes of

    x^4 - 20605x^3 + 46903004x^2 - 234082400x + 187200000
    --polynomial_zeroes
    1. Re:First quadratic polynomial post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      s/quadratic/quartic/g

  2. House-shitting? by timecop · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So i was pasted this story on irc in #GNAA and i open it up and i was like WHAT? a house-shitting robot? After all, this shouldn't be news in JAPAN. Then i re-read it again, and it says house-sitting.. oh, nothing to see here move along.