Robot guards to patrol shops and offices
Submitted by Lennart Kiil on Sat, 25/06/2005 - 17:42.
A Japanese company has produced a robot to function as a guard keeping burglars out of shopping malls, offices, shops, and - in the longer run - maybe private homes.
The robot is programmed to follow predefined routes, and is equipped with sensors and cameras. Upon encountering something suspicious the 1.09m robot will contact human guards via a radio, and can also send them footage.
The producer, security firm Sohgo Security Services Co., expects to have the first robots patrolling within a year.
Robots are believed to become popular in many sectors as the demography of industrialized countries change towards more elderly people, and young people will become in demand in positions that cannot easily be overtaken by robots.
I am fairly certain that
I am fairly certain that robots are stealing my luggage - maybe Japan has something to do with it?
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'female' android
Another recent development in this area is a 'female' android from Japan.
One of the designers says: "...people forget she is an android while interacting with her. Consciously, it is easy to see that she is an android, but unconsciously, we react to the android as if she were a woman."
Link to BBC article