Reborg-Q to keep the peace at shopping malls
On November 27, Sohgo Security Services (ALSOK) unveiled a new security system that relies on teamwork between robots and human security guards. The system, called Reborg-Q, will be put into action at AquaCity shopping mall in Odaiba (Tokyo) in mid-December.
The Reborg-Q security robot, which is an upgraded version of ALSOK’s Guardrobo D1, weighs 90 kilograms (200 lbs) and measures 130 x 65 x 70 cm. It can be programmed to automatically patrol a preset course, or a joystick can be used to control it remotely. The robot can also be equipped with a function to control elevators, enabling it to move from floor to floor while making its rounds.
While on patrol, four cameras mounted in the robot’s head and shoulders record video, and its sensors detect the presence of humans, water leaks and fire. When the robot encounters something suspicious, it alerts a computer in the security room and sends video. Human security guards view the video footage sent by the robot and determine how to respond.
Equipped with communication functions, the robot can also provide services to the people it is watching. A touch-screen embedded in the robot’s chest can be used to display information about lost children and other data about the surroundings, and a voice synthesizer enables the robot to tell the time, provide weather data and make promotional announcements.
In addition, a contactless FeliCa card reader embedded in the robot’s right shoulder means it can be used to check company IDs and verify the identity of employees at company entranceways. And like Guardrobo D1, Reborg-Q can also be equipped with a fire extinguisher.
Each robot costs about 380,000 yen ($3,200), so the initial cost of a system is in the 1 to 2 million yen ($8,500 to $17,000) range. The company plans to deploy the Reborg-Q system at 10 locations around Japan in 2007.
[Source: Robot Watch]
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Jim Wynorski tried to warn us: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090837/
How do you know they are really friendly and will not whip out a gun like the machines in Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop? Well, this being Japan, they are probably O.K…. but all those cameras surely are an invasion of privacy.
“You . Are . Inferior. …Exterminate. Exterminate. Extermiante.”
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[…] Siguiendo con la tendencia robótica, me llamó mucho la atención ese “guardia” cibernético. Como es de costumbre los Japoneses llevan la delantera en cuanto a robots al servicio del hombre. Aunque no todo es perfecto (Ver Robot award, y entenderán el motivo), el uso de la robótica está abarcando cada vez más aspectos de la vida cotidiana. El Reborg Q es uno de ellos, este cyberguardía, tiene como objetivo velar por la seguridad en los centros comerciales cuya particularidad es la interacción con guardias humanos. El cyberpolicia puede ser programado para seguir pasillos predeterminados, o puede controlarse remótamente. Más aún puede ir de piso en piso a través de los ascensores del Mall, así mientras hace sus rondas cuatro grabadoras mondatas en su cabeza graban todo a su paso. Otras cualidades del robot son: Identificación de seres humanos, alertar cuando encuentra algo inusual, promocionar productos, y servir como centro de información a mediante su pantalla LCD. Actualmente sólo esta disponible para su comercialización en Japón. Fuente: Pinktentacle […]
This is great - would love to be the first to get access to this technology in New York City
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