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#1 Nvyseal

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Posted 12 July 2006 - 09:44 PM

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Five types of robots, all on wheels, will be involved in this fall's test. The robots will be relatively cheap, with prices ranging between $1,000 and $2,000.

Approximately 1,000 families in Seoul will use remote-controlled robots to perform household chores this fall, the Korea Times reports.

Project manager Oh Sang-rok of the Ministry of Information and Communication announced a test project, "Ubiquitous Robot Companion," that will include 1,000 households and 40 kindergartens.

The robots will clean up homes, care for pets, read to children, and identify visitors, the newspaper reported.

Half of them will be controlled remotely via cell phone.

Most of the software and processing work will be performed over the Internet, allowing the ministry to monitor activities and check for bugs, the newspaper said.

Five types of robots, all on wheels, will be involved in this fall's test.

The robots will be relatively cheap, with prices ranging between $1,000 and $2,000. After the test this autumn, the ministry wants a robot in every Korean home by 2020, the Times said.

Would you like your own robot? What chores would you have your robot do? ...

and no Nitram, I dont think they have a robot that can do that... Yet! :cool2:

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Posted 12 July 2006 - 11:07 PM

My robort should be able to get me A+'s on exams :cool2:

#3 Nvyseal

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 03:55 AM

View PostSphere, on Jul 12 2006, 04:07 PM, said:

My robort should be able to get me A+'s on exams :cool2:
I think we're talking about household Robots like in the Jetsons. Man i would live to have a Rosie the Robot, a household robot to scrub, clean do dishes, etc. :)

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 03:58 AM

lol this should be interesting

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 02:25 PM

I'd like a robot who has te ability to do wathever I want :rolleyes:

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 05:36 PM

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and no Nitram, I dont think they have a robot that can do that... Yet!

:cool2: @ Dave. i already have one m8 its called "The Wife"

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Posted 14 July 2006 - 05:06 AM

View Postnitram, on Jul 13 2006, 10:36 AM, said:

:) @ Dave. i already have one m8 its called "The Wife"
:cool2: Manajatwa?? ;)

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 04:40 AM

:( Just was thinking, what if someone were to plant a "virus" in a bunch of these bots :(

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 08:26 AM

Hmmm, imagine the news headlines. "Owner killed by Robot"

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 05:45 AM

:roadrunner: would someone please ban this rat turd ? soon preferably :giggle:

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 06:32 AM

View Poststormrosson, on Mar 2 2009, 09:45 PM, said:

:roadrunner: would someone please ban this rat turd ? soon preferably :giggle:

linoman has laid one off and on, but really?

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 05:25 PM

Wow Strom...feeling a little aggressive today...urr yesterday? I am guessing that you were quite offended by the spammer?

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Posted 04 March 2009 - 02:55 AM

:roadrunner: maybe a tad that guy was really makin a mess outta our camp...........do we really have any mods :giggle: Maybe one of u admin types could put one of the offending post up for public viewing.....if u haven't deleted em permanently...mite remove the links first.....everyone thinks I went schizzo or somethin ;) I think I need reaffirmation that the chinese spammer was really here :huh:

Edited by stormrosson, 04 March 2009 - 02:58 AM.





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