Comments on: Ubiko robot knows where the smokers hang http://pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bella http://pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-549547 Bella Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:34:36 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-549547 Can you send this thing into the rest rooms of government schools, to catch smokers, or is that a violation of some privacy? Also, does it take pictures so that it can capture guilty parties doing illegal stuff? Bella Can you send this thing into the rest rooms of government schools, to catch smokers, or is that a violation of some privacy? Also, does it take pictures so that it can capture guilty parties doing illegal stuff? Bella

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]]> By: Multimedias.mobi » Ubiko nursebot retasked with sniffing out fires http://pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-43096 Multimedias.mobi » Ubiko nursebot retasked with sniffing out fires Sun, 06 May 2007 18:44:31 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-43096 [...] [Via Pink Tentacle] [...] [...] [Via Pink Tentacle] [...]

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]]> By: TurboGadgets Gadget Reviews and Gadget News http://pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-26702 TurboGadgets Gadget Reviews and Gadget News Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:52:18 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-26702 <strong>Ubiko To The Rescue!...</strong> Sooner or later, it seems as if fire sprinkler manufacturing companies will be out of business. Kyushu University and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology teamed up with a robot manufacturer known as tmsuk to develop a robot that can detect smoke when ... Ubiko To The Rescue!...

Sooner or later, it seems as if fire sprinkler manufacturing companies will be out of business. Kyushu University and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology teamed up with a robot manufacturer known as tmsuk to develop a robot that can detect smoke when ...

]]> By: Janis Mara http://pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-25829 Janis Mara Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:44:38 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-25829 I love this robot. Just like the yellow snowplow you featured awhile back, it is the cutest thing! Alas, however, I don't need such a robot. I'm allergic to cigarette smoke and start sneezing and wheezing whenever I'm anywhere near it. Still, I can see how this would be a nifty smoke detector. I love this robot. Just like the yellow snowplow you featured awhile back, it is the cutest thing! Alas, however, I don't need such a robot. I'm allergic to cigarette smoke and start sneezing and wheezing whenever I'm anywhere near it. Still, I can see how this would be a nifty smoke detector.

]]> By: ShaRiF - IT Lover » Ubiko nursebot retasked with sniffing out fires http://pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-25537 ShaRiF - IT Lover » Ubiko nursebot retasked with sniffing out fires Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:50:27 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/ubiko-robot-knows-where-the-smokers-hang/#comment-25537 [...] Ubiko nursebot retasked with sniffing out fires Posted on February 23, 2007 One of the many ways in which robotic laborers are superior to their human counterparts is their ability to be easily re-purposed: one day you’re an underpaid, under-appreciated nursebot chain-smoking with your co-workers in the break room, and the next day you’re equipped with some new peripherals and tasked with ratting out those very same smokers along with other potential fire hazards. Such is the life of a Tmsuk-manufactured robot named Ubiko, who was snatched away from its budding career as an unassuming hospital receptionist by researchers from Kyushu University and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, and retrofitted with a unique olfactory sensor programmed to recognize the distinctive odors of smoke and ash. This new electronic sniffer allows Ubiko to pick up scents too faint for the human proboscis to detect, giving it a “nose up” when it comes to tracking down small fires before they turn into raging infernos. Since the bot isn’t equipped with any actual firefighting paraphernalia, its only job is wirelessly alerting authorities to potential problems and then scooting away before it melts into the floor; these so-called “authorities” then have the grueling task of pressing yet another button to deploy either an Anna Konda or SACI bot to make short work of the lit candle or smoldering cigarette butt. function init () { initContextualClick(); } CC.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", init); [Via Pink Tentacle] [Read this original post] [...] [...] Ubiko nursebot retasked with sniffing out fires Posted on February 23, 2007 One of the many ways in which robotic laborers are superior to their human counterparts is their ability to be easily re-purposed: one day you’re an underpaid, under-appreciated nursebot chain-smoking with your co-workers in the break room, and the next day you’re equipped with some new peripherals and tasked with ratting out those very same smokers along with other potential fire hazards. Such is the life of a Tmsuk-manufactured robot named Ubiko, who was snatched away from its budding career as an unassuming hospital receptionist by researchers from Kyushu University and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, and retrofitted with a unique olfactory sensor programmed to recognize the distinctive odors of smoke and ash. This new electronic sniffer allows Ubiko to pick up scents too faint for the human proboscis to detect, giving it a “nose up” when it comes to tracking down small fires before they turn into raging infernos. Since the bot isn’t equipped with any actual firefighting paraphernalia, its only job is wirelessly alerting authorities to potential problems and then scooting away before it melts into the floor; these so-called “authorities” then have the grueling task of pressing yet another button to deploy either an Anna Konda or SACI bot to make short work of the lit candle or smoldering cigarette butt. function init () { initContextualClick(); } CC.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", init); [Via Pink Tentacle] [Read this original post] [...]

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