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RFID enabled robots help shoppers in Japan

we-make-money-not-art.com — RFID tagged robots help shoppers carry their bags and provide shopping information while using sensors to avoid other shoppers (and robots presumably)

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  • striker87, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hopefully they won't attack any prime ministers this time.
  • cadpo76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@gallamine
    "5,000 smart tags embedded in the floor."

    An RFID tag costs
  • cadpo76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Apparently, digg eats "less than" signs, along with the rest of my comment.

    ..less than 5 cents to make, should that be the smart tag they are referring to. I would suppose the more expensive of the two components would be the robots.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So when do they hunt down Sarah Connor?
  • TKn00b, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0might be useful for foreigners going shopping
  • flap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are you for kidding me...this must be such a pain habing this thing lugging around behind you while you shop.
  • Midnightbrewer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Whoops, I meant several hundred thousand people.
  • Midnightbrewer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This seems like the most worthless invention ever. Where are they planning on using it? Fukuoka is the Japanese version of a small town in the countryside, but it's still a city of several hundred million people packed into a very small area. Considering how busy stores usually are, and seeing how big these things are...it just boggles the mind. I'll be interested to see how this works out.
  • albeit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah, no crap obsession in the US - Thank God!
  • gallamine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1"5,000 smart tags embedded in the floor."

    That sounds like a significant upgrade cost for the mall. I don't think any American malls will be buying these robots anytime soon. They need to use a different location technology.

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    http://www.gorobotics.net
  • mynameisob3l, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0OMG JAPAN IS SO MYSTERIOUS!
  • candiru, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"Enlarge the penis to massive proportions"

    ^^WHAT?!??!? LOL!!!!!
  • SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0japan has so much advanced and completely unnecessary technology. They're like 500 years ahead of us, but obsessed with weird crap.
  • gumby013, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Tomorrow there will be a story about the first death related to one of these things.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0It's all fun and games until someone gets BAG JACKED by an RFID robot in the parking lot!

    http://www.onlyriddles.com

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