Posted on 07/12/2019 1:58:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Amazon is still working on a robot that will roam around homes...
A prototype of the robot, codenamed “Vesta,” ... is capable of moving around on its own using built-in cameras, according to the report.
A similar report last April revealed that Amazon is interested in creating home robots that might be able to provide access to the company’s Amazon Alexa voice assistant no matter where you are.
Amazon has continued to invest in robotics and in June introduced new warehouse robots including the Pegasus and Xanthus.
Amazon typically holds big product reveal events at its Seattle headquarters in September. Last year, Amazon introduced 15 new Alexa-enabled products, including a microwave.
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Or, you can have a child.
Can you set your drink on it?
Yeah well, so can midgets be.
So there's that right there.
Maybe the top of its head is flat.....
Whatever it can see, so can its masters.
No teeth?
Perfect “10”
Re #7:
You’re awful. :)
LOL
And it can ‘see’ and ‘hear’ everything that you have, do and say in the privacy or your own home and ‘categorize’ the results so they can send you ads for a maid if your house is messy, and ads for new things that you don’t already own. Might even determine your class of income based on your furnishings, or figure out you like music if you have some musical instruments around. And if it gets hacked... Lovely...
The production model will be marketed as the Amazon "Lewinsky."
Will it do dishes, prepare meals, and change the cat litter?
Or, you can have a child.
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I remember when children were used as remote controls for the TV.
Lol. Perfect.
Or be used by LEOs for monitoring.
Don't need cameras. Don't need internet. Need some work done around the house. Another robot that cleans floors and toilets would be very desirable.
I can get by with neither.
Whatever it can see, so can its masters.
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Yes - all other Amazon devices keep showing up in the news for intrusions like recording conversation (many owners keep an Alexa device in their bedrooms) permanently and face recognition (in the dark, probably recorded and accessible by employees as well), and employee’s ability to listen to those recordings.
I think this is probably worse than all devices to date because it can move to other areas - patrol etc. They sell a security system they can mount by the front door - which allows them to see who comes and goes in your house, and when. Creepy. Amazon is creepy surveillance state hardware posed as “convenience” or productivity tools.
Your iphone is listening to you as well, as well as constantly tracking where you are (and presumably knows what you’re doing). I’m convinced of that, too many weird things have happened to me for it to be convinced.
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