LG stuck a laser pointer onto a remote-controlled robot. Brilliant.
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BARCELONA—Finally, we have discovered a real use for home robots. They will play with your cat.
LG's Rolling Bot, announced here at Mobile World Congress today, has a built-in laser pointer. Why do you want a laser pointer on a robot? Anyone with a cat knows.
The Rolling Bot is a sphere about the size of a volleyball. It has an 8-megapixel camera and Wi-Fi. Using a companion app on the LG G5—or any Android smartphone, but most easily the LG G5—you can use the robot for home monitoring, remote recording, or to shoot a little red light across your floor and watch your cat insanely chase it.
The robot also has a microphone and speaker, so you can roll it around to talk to family members, or spook your cat into thinking that somehow you are trapped inside a volleyball-sized sphere. The robot rolls like BB-8, so the camera stays upright.
That's pretty much all I know from LG's presentation. Clearly, I need to get more time with this robot, and possibly bring animals.
LG hasn't announced the price of the Rolling Bot, or whether it can be filled with catnip.
LG's Rolling Bot, announced here at Mobile World Congress today, has a built-in laser pointer. Why do you want a laser pointer on a robot? Anyone with a cat knows.
The Rolling Bot is a sphere about the size of a volleyball. It has an 8-megapixel camera and Wi-Fi. Using a companion app on the LG G5—or any Android smartphone, but most easily the LG G5—you can use the robot for home monitoring, remote recording, or to shoot a little red light across your floor and watch your cat insanely chase it.
The robot also has a microphone and speaker, so you can roll it around to talk to family members, or spook your cat into thinking that somehow you are trapped inside a volleyball-sized sphere. The robot rolls like BB-8, so the camera stays upright.
That's pretty much all I know from LG's presentation. Clearly, I need to get more time with this robot, and possibly bring animals.
LG hasn't announced the price of the Rolling Bot, or whether it can be filled with catnip.
