04-05-2004, 10:15 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Control a Robot Dinosaur with your Pocket PC!
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I don't know about you, but I was thinking to myself just last week, "Self, why are there no robot dinosaurs that I can control with my Pocket PC?" Sensing the desperate need in the market for such a product, Sanyo has updated their "Banryu" guard robot with just this functionality! As an added bonus, it can tell you what the stars fortell as well! I can see it now: "Gemini - Your cat will be menaced by a robot today". :mrgreen:
Dottocomu reports that "the latest version is an independent Sanyo project, with modifications including switching from Windows to a proprietary realtime OS and revamping the beast's legs, in cooperation with Waseda University, to get it walking less like an old man. The new version also adopts a more diplodocus-like form and takes a step away from the original crime prevention concept, offering crowd-pleasing features like better speech recognition and the ability to give quizzes and forecast horoscopes.
Weighing 36 kg and measuring 68 x 80 x 94 cm, the latest Banryu can handle steps up to 10 cm in height, and features a variety of sound, object and temperature sensors. It can also be controlled, like everything else recently, via an NTT DoCoMo FOMA phone or using a wireless LAN-equipped PDA." There's no word yet on when Pocket PC drivers will be available.
Alas, you can't buy one of these neo-Jurassic beauties: "The latest Banryu will apparently be available to rent in Japan from April 9. One day's rental is Y239,400." That's roughly $2,300 for one day. 8O
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04-05-2004, 10:17 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Sure, why not - I was going to rent a movie at Blockbuster, but this sounds like more fun. Only a few bucks different.
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04-05-2004, 10:36 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Does the blue one do Bluetooth? 
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04-05-2004, 10:41 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
Sure, why not - I was going to rent a movie at Blockbuster, but this sounds like more fun. Only a few bucks different.
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Heh, I like a community with a sense of humor.
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04-05-2004, 10:46 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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Re: Control a Robot Dinosaur with your Pocket PC!
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Originally Posted by Pat Logsdon
There's no word yet on when Pocket PC drivers will be available.
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Then why is the title of this news item Control a Robot Dinosaur with your Pocket PC!? Kinda deceiving. :|
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04-05-2004, 10:51 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
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For that price who is controling who!? Looks more like they control your wallet! (if you rent one of these things!) :wink:
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04-05-2004, 11:11 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Re: Control a Robot Dinosaur with your Pocket PC!
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Originally Posted by OSUKid7
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There's no word yet on when Pocket PC drivers will be available.
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Then why is the title of this news item Control a Robot Dinosaur with your Pocket PC!? Kinda deceiving. :| |
I didn't mean for it to be deceiving - the quote from Sanyo's press release says "wireless LAN-equipped PDA" - it's just a matter of writing drivers. I hope this doesn't stop you from renting one the next time you're in Japan. :wink:
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04-05-2004, 11:53 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 312
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I'd rather get an Aibo - cheaper and at least it would be mine! :mrgreen:
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04-06-2004, 12:51 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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That thing is huge! From the photo, I was thinking it would be a little toy, maybe 6 to 8 inches.
36Kg? It would be more like ""Gemini - Your cat will be menaced^H^H^H^H^H^H^H crushed to death by a robot today".
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04-06-2004, 07:02 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2004
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For that price who is controling who!? Looks more like they control your wallet! (if you rent one of these things!) :wink:
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Hehehe.. yeah... I agree.. better pay the $20 for SPB Finance if you buy one of these! 
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