All the adorable ApriPoco robot must control your private home are a chain of verbal commands and a touch IR connectivity. Utter robot home domination-it’s a feature, not a bug.
And ApriPoco does it all with a diminutive 8.4-inch tall frame! The robot uprising has never been so cute.
Truth be informed, however, this domineering hunk of autonomous plastic and parts is meant to aid folks that can’t help themselves around the house. ApriPoco may also ” learn” once it’s deployed to the sphere. ApriPoco joins a bunch of assistance robots currently being tested in Japan, all of which might be demonstrated in this incredibly disarming news feature (moving furniture at 1:40!):
When one juxtaposes ApriPoco against the big aging Japanese population, the motives become slightly less sinister. Slightly. [ Technabob ]
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