Next-gen Robot Toys to Fetch Beer

FleaPlus writes "The Boston Globe reports that WowWee Toys, the creators of robots like the hack-friendly Robosapien series, has announced a collaboration with Evolution Robotics. WowWee's next generation of robots will make use of Evolution's tech for visual object recognition and indoor navigation, hopefully with future versions being able to not just entertain, but also 'perform useful tasks such as fetching a beer or even helping to carry the groceries.'"

Comments

Nice

[b0wl0fud0n]

Now I don't need my wife anymore.

Re:Nice

[CRCulver]

Sure, it might be easy just to slap a motor on it, but the hard part is programming those three laws into it so that it doesn't kill you and then commit robot suicide in a great orgy of blood and electrical fires.

Re:Nice

[GeorgeMcBay]

Now I don't need my wife anymore.

You should probably sell her now, before this things come out and ebay gets glutted with used wives, driving the selling price way down.

Beers != groceries??

[lovedew]

perform useful tasks such as fetching a beer or even helping to carry the groceries.

Is it just me who find it unnecessary to mention beer and grocery in the same sentence, aren't they the same?

Lite Detection Sensor

[robotsrule]

Yes, it's the first robot to come with special Lite detection sensors that automatically throw the beer out if it's a Lite beer.

Obligitory...

[NotQuiteReal]

I for one welcome our new robotic beer fetching overlords.

Please read previous posts before modding... (apologies to Linquizic ;-)