Korea Ups the Ante in Future Robot Wars With Japan

Posted by Seamus Byrne at 5:20 AM on May 22, 2007

Things are shaping up for an eventual Korea vs. Japan robot wars in the next 20 to 30 years, and Korea is getting ready with a robot that keeps your home safe. Unlike previous robots, this one from KornTech (snicker, snicker) is named Rogun and has high-end face tracking software, which means it can both recognize and track your kids by turning its head to face you no matter where you move.

Also, Rogun will use that same facial recognition to detect if strangers visit, and will call you on your phone if you're out. If you've left your kids at home, it can monitor them, and will stream updates to you over the Internet as well. Plus, there's a 7-inch LCD monitor in its chest so kids can interact with it. If you want one, be prepared to shell out more than $100,000 for the privilege. – Jason Chen

Robot Keeps Home Safe in Korea [Far East Gizmos via Uber Gizmo]

Tags: korea | recognition | robots | security

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Reckless

Posted May 22, 2007 8:53 AM

An even better option would be to dispose of your child all together and replace it with a robot. Even better, replace it with a small robot army. It sounds expensive at $100,000 clams a pop, but calculate the total cost of maintaining a fleshy human child until the age of 18 and $100k is a pittance.