The 1960's called and they want their design back...
China's Dalek-like robots fear only one terrifying nemesis: Stairs
What's the difference between China's "first" robot security guard AnBot and a Dalek? One is a ruthless, slow moving and slightly menacing autonomous machine fitted with a space-age anti-human weapon and designed to weed out all those who stand against its authoritarian rule – and the other stars in Doctor Who. AnBot was …
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Wednesday 27th April 2016 08:37 GMT Timbo
Easy to stop too - the wheels have spokes so a broomhandle through one wheel and it'll just keeping going around in circles...
I wonder how it copes going up a slight incline ? 78 kg is pretty heavy so, it'll slow to a crawl, if it can make progress at all...
The design reminds me of the oval shape salt and pepper pots, though this is bigger.
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Wednesday 27th April 2016 09:55 GMT TRT
A robot that catches hold of people...
Could be a better design that a wheel clamp for legs, though.
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Wednesday 27th April 2016 17:20 GMT martinusher
Re: Microsoft did that already
...but these will be running Andriod instead of Windows....
These things are harmless on their own but if you deploy a couple of dozen that interact with each other then they may be a bit of a problem unless you can get enough bricks and other debris strewn around to make their wheels useless. The grabber's a bit more upscale than the traditional sink plunger.
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