Why is this woman smiling? Because her adorable little house-cleaning robot, iClebo, is also a vigilant guardian of the night!
South Korean robot-maker Yujin Robot plans to introduce a new version of their Roomba lookalike, iClebo, next year. Like the current model, the 2008 iClebo will go about its business while you’re not looking, vacuuming and bumping into furniture. But unlike its predecessors, the gadget will be equipped with new technology from mobile phone company KTF: a microphone, a camera and a speaker.
When the robot detects an intruder in your home, the new iClebo will be able to “bark” or send an urgent message to your cell phone. (One imagines it could also be used to break up a particularly disastrous first date, or police your children…)
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