The majority of us have smartphones by now. We seem to have a fascination with robots. But unlike the 1980s, these robots could cost us our jobs. How would you like a robot smartphone?
You can have one, thanks to a Japanese company called Sharp. This robot is called RoBoHon. It’s the first smartphone that dances; we’re talking about a robot here. Sharp is taking pre-orders. RoBoHon made his debut at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhibition last December. This robot/smartphone is 7.6 inches tall, runs Android 5.0 Lollipop, and powered on 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, and has 2GB of RAM. ReBoHon has 16 GB of storage and 1,700 milliamp-hour battery. RoBoHon carries an 8-megapixel camera and responds to voice commands. One of the creators thought this was necessary; they thought this is more natural. People are talking into their square smartphones all the time, thanks to Siri and other voice based mobile technology. But with this robot smartphone, you actually think you’re talking to a person, at least the phone seems more like a person. What’s not natural is the cost. RoBoHon is available through pre-orders, but it won’t be cheap. RoBoHon will cost you around $1,800.
Well, this is one of the first, if not, the first robot smartphone. We shouldn’t be surprised Japan gave us RoBoHon. This is the nation that gave us an all robot run hotel. This is the nation that gave us the robot swinger partner. That’s about as PG rated as I can put it; read this link if you want to know more?It’s pretty creepy stuff, huh???Thank goodness the RoBoHon is more innocent. It can dance and speak to you. Yes, it does have an innocence to it, but I’d still hide it from kids. They may think it’s a toy, but what if they break it? Do you have $1,800 to get a new one? Even if I did, I wouldn’t pay that much for this robot smartphone. How much would you pay for a RoBoHon?