Behold the glory of world’s first ever robotic servants. Is it that your worst fears of machines invading your homes have realized? Well, not quite! The robots that this post focuses on are completely harmless beings. They are only there to serve their owners, which you could classify as, provided you’ve got no scruples for spending your child’s college fund. Yes, these things are extremely pricey.
MobileRobots, for years, has specialized in selling bots to businesses and production houses. Now it has shifted its focus onto home-owners with its mobile servants.
These queer creatures come with weird names. The three models are named: ‘Jeeves,’ ‘BrewskiBot,’ and ‘Agent 007.’ (Not Bond for Heaven’s sake!) All the three come equipped with the usual specs. Heavy PatrolBot base, electric motor, wireless control, 12 sonar sensors, accessory tray, frig or camera etc. The price tag is hefty. Jeeves costs $30.995, BrewskiBot $31,995 and Agent 007 can be yours for $34,995. Installation of these automatons costs about $5,000. But they do come with a warranty of 1 year or 1,000 miles, whichever is earlier.
What can these things do, you ask? The official site paints a very rosy picture and says these robots can:
• Serve breakfast champagne.
• Serve beers (in their own fridge).
• Schedule trips.
Isn’t that a delight! I mean you spend upwards of 30 Grand on these things and that’s it... except for Agent 007, which has a camera and can take pictures of your home, to let you know if you’ve left a door ajar.
If you are stupid or alternatively rich enough to wanna buy any of these robots, MobileRobots is accepting orders for holidays. And on a parting note, is it only me or someone else too who finds the image on top cute?
