Cool Gadgets – Toshiba’s Talking Robot acts as a universal remote – ApriPoko
Check out this funky looking robot from Toshiba called ApriPoko.
This clever little robot weighs 5 lbs and measures 8 x 11 inches. ApriPoko learns how to operate various remote controls by watching and asking questions.
Set him up in your living room and when you use your TV remote he will ask you ‘What did you just do?”, you then tell the robot what you just did, for example “switched to channel 1″, the next time you want to switch to channel one, you just say the command and ApriPoko will change the channel for you.
ApriPoko can be programmed to work with any device with a remote control, so you could have him closing your electric curtains or dropping your projector screen from the ceiling all from voice commands.
I have to admit this is one of the coolest gadgets I have seen in a long time. Although the ApriPoko is only a prototype at the moment, lets hope he goes into production as I bet this would be a really popular gadget.
via Engadget, Akihabara News and Pink Tentacle
March 26th, 2008 at 10:02 am
hes cute I say WE HACK IT
March 26th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
With a response like that, WHEREWILLWHY (not that I disagree with you), I’m surprised your name’s not “WHEREWILLWAY”!
March 26th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
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March 26th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
that is awesome. i want one.
March 26th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I like the Idea, but the tech. should, (and in my opinion WILL be,) integrated in a more professional manner. IE: built strait into the remote your using, or more like a central CPU for the household…
March 26th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
aw! how cute! Cute until it tries to TEAR OUT YOUR HEART WHILE YOU SLEEP!I’ve watched all the terminator movies, and I’m pretty sure this is the beginning…I’m just kidding, its pretty awesome.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Ryan,
shut the hell up, I hate you.
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March 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
That looks really awesome! It makes so much sense to have the remote program itself, and having it be a whole robot is so cool! Still, it’s design seems oddly similar to the turrets in Portal…
March 29th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
It’s the universal remonster!
March 30th, 2008 at 9:38 am
It’s cute! Wonder if it eventually stops asking questions, cuz that could be annoying after awhile… I’m all for hackin’ it!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:02 am
why does everyone want to hack it? i think it is a guiness and amazing idea,they should make it.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:58 am
i do admit i kinda like it and it is very ingenious but what are we coming to? what are we so lazy that we cant even push a button anymore? lazy bastards!
April 4th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
The Universal Re-Monster!!!!!
April 7th, 2008 at 2:31 am
it does save the hours we spend having to locate the lost remote thats stuck between the couch cushions!
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May 13th, 2008 at 12:53 am
how does this little robot work
May 24th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
That is the cutest little robot I’ve ever seen, and I used to build cute little robots.
June 21st, 2008 at 1:37 am
ApriPoko is the most awesome little robot I have ever seen. I hope Toshiba do go ahead and develop this little gadget as it would be one of the cutest little robots ever. The video was really cool, I was interested in seeing the robot in action. Too bad the video didn’t show the learning process, though.
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