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FitBot Lets You Try Clothes Before You Buy

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-have-no-real-doll-doppelgaenger dept.

mikejuk writes "There is one big problem with online shopping. You can't actually try out the goods until they arrive. Now Fits.me has a sort of solution in the form of a 'FitBot.' This is described as a robot mannequin, although this particular robot moves in ways that have to be seen to be believed. Servo motors are used to move sections of the body in and out to create different body shapes. It is very eerie and slightly disturbing to watch!"

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  1. Or... by sakdoctor · · Score: 2

    Just drop vanity sizing.

    1. Re:Or... by firex726 · · Score: 2

      A shame really, as a guy I'll have to start trying stuff on now, I have bought too many clothes that did not fit right.

      I frequently find only about 1/3 of the clothes I like fit correctly, I'm a large and will get that size for maybe even an XL, but when I go to put it on it will feel like a M or maybe a S.

    2. Re:Or... by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Funny

      I've not heard the term before, but I would guess it's the same reason that the average size of condom needed is 'large.'

  2. Cool! by timeOday · · Score: 2

    I doubt this will work but there's a chance it will, and it would be cool if it did. So, kudos to them for taking a risk and being innovative.

    1. Re:Cool! by sjwt · · Score: 2

      Not that amazing, seems its the same as manual ones, just added servos, I was hopping to see something that could adapt to different shapes at different sizes.

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    2. Re:Cool! by blincoln · · Score: 2

      Land's End could probably do that because their clothes are their own label (or at least they were the last time I checked, which was quite awhile ago). Retailers who sell clothes made by other companies are often required to display them in a way that meets various requirements of the manufacturer. Some of them require that only photos they provide to the retailers be used. Some allow the retailer to shoot their own photos, but require approval of the models used and/or the photos that are taken. The really picky ones don't allow their merchandise to be sold online *at all* - the buyer has to physically go to a store just to see it.

      I don't think this somewhat-fancy mannequin would meet any of those requirements either, but that's why it will probably be awhile before you see anything like you're describing at more than a handful of online stores.

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  3. Re:A link to the video by anagama · · Score: 2

    eh -- it's OK. Couple that with a real doll and I'll be impressed.

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  4. Prior art by Alien+Being · · Score: 2

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV2N4KSh3x4

    From Woody Allen's "Sleeper".

  5. Clothes-Folding Robot by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2

    I like my clothes washer and dryer machines. But until they've got an un/loading folding machine that empties the hamper and stocks the closet, my wardrobe will be trapped by the 20th Century. Someone's got to turn machine vision (or some other folding sensor) into a replacement for this drudgery.

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  6. "Danger, Will Robinson!".....NSFW! by rts008 · · Score: 2

    Goatse link warning.

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  7. Not Exactly Earthshaking by MimeticLie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you read the article, customers can't operate the robot. The website just uses it to take pictures of what different body types look in the clothes.

    So in other words, they've taken an adjustable dress form and added some motors. Cool, I guess, but I don't really see how it changes anything (except giving them some publicity on Slashdot).

    1. Re:Not Exactly Earthshaking by isopropanol · · Score: 2

      It doesn't appear to be adjusting torso length though... Which often seems to be considered to be proportional to the other dimensions, but it's not nescesarily.

      Also, it's only set up for shirts, not for pants.

  8. Does the ... by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... male FitBot include a "dress to the left/right" option?

    Or the "steroid athlete" vs "Ron Jeremy" switch?

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  9. Portal Panels by pgn674 · · Score: 2

    The video reminds me of the panels that Aperture Laboratories had in their Aperture Science computer-aided Enrichment Center, in Portal 2. It's cool to see the concept have a real world use. I wonder if there are other useful applications for the concept?