Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Mobile-friendly robot miuro sings songs and looks after your household

Have you ever dreamt about your personal robot at home? I know, I have. And I don’t mean that kind of dumb vacuum cleaners that roll around your house picking up trash after you. I mean miuro. Miuro is a network-connected alarm clock/Internet radio/MP3 player/security camera/message board/iPod compatible dancing machine. If it is not enough, miuro roams freely around house to the pre-programmed locations and is remotely controlled from a cell phone. The usage scenarios among many include the following:

  • Pre-program miuro to take images of certain areas in your house at set time and send them to your mobile phone (check your pet’s condition constantly, for instance).
  • Make miuro play back your favorite MP3 song or Internet radio channel in order to let your spouse know you’re on your way home instead of making a phone call.
  • To make sure the spouse got the message right you can send a text message that can be displayed on miuro’s screen or even read aloud.
  • Miuro has a motion-detector camera sensor, which takes images and sends them out to your email

Specs

Model:miuro
Maker:ZMP
Price (full package):JPY35,600 ($295)
Size:35 x 22cm
Weight:5kg
Audio input:iPodDock connector (charging feature), stereo 3.5mm mini plug
Music format:WAV, MP3, WMA, AAC, AIFF, LPCM (cannot play DRM-protrected files wirelessly)
Mobility:Two-wheleed drive mode
Sensors:camera sensor, gyro, accelerator, distance meter, touch sensor
WLAN:802.11b
Power:AC adapter (100V, 50/60Hz)
Battery:Lithium Ion
Color variations:White, Black, Yellow

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