Cleaning machines 'based on military robots'

[Gerald]

Experts have been promising for decades to put a robot in everyone's home - and finally robots are beginning to make the transition from specialist to everyday use. Spencer Kelly discovers the similarities between robots used for cleaning and those used by soldiers in Afghanistan for a very different purpose.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9606479.stm



Note: Tuesday, 4 October 2011

[MothBalls]

I'm going to wait until this model is released;

http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/rono5.jpg

[Betonov]

http://www.cartoonary.com/wall-e/images/wall-e-saying-hello-iphone.jpg

I believe this one is faster :DL

[vienna]

http://robotanime.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/JETSONS-COLOR-6.jpg

[CaptainMattJ.]

base off military? watch, i bet theyre going to "accidentally" forget to take out that extra minigun turret. or perhaps that "kill john connor" Ultimate directive chip.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzBKKCj4RWtHo3Hbej7JHl5ZIDk0yQa 1xju3pmRWVeW-r1FdnUhA%27http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzBKKCj4RWtHo3Hbej7JHl5ZIDk0yQa 1xju3pmRWVeW-r1FdnUhA

or perhaps one of those privacy invading robots thatll start dusting furniture right when you.....make time for yourself..... and totally kill the mood.

[TLAM Strike]

Not too concerned about them turning in to rampaging killbots, they have a weakness after all (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eowPka21BNc)...

[magicstix]

It's only fair, the military has been fielding military robots based on cleaning machines for some years now...

[MothBalls]

http://aircutblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/giant_vacuum.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Wow! That's a big sucker!

[TLAM Strike]

Wow! That's a big sucker!
Imagine the woman they built it for! :o



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