Hideous Jetsons-esque receptionist robot now for rent in Japan
posted at 9:52 pm on June 22, 2007 by Allahpundit
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A thousand bucks a day, or $13,000 to own free and clear. (Can that be right?) Combine this with the proletarian dronebot and in 30 years you’re looking at profit margins big enough to fly a jet through and an unemployment rate of about 85%. And of course, the 15% who do have jobs will be working entirely with their minds.
On the other hand, imagine how rad those 15th generation iPhones will be.
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Moshi moshi, Mr. Roboto.
Mindcrime on June 22, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Small missing zero problem in the article - $130,000
eeyore on June 22, 2007 at 10:17 PM
Maybe they’ll soon become so cheap America will start issuing the bots H-1b visas.
eeyore on June 22, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Damn that does remind me of “Rosie” from the jetsons
abinitioadinfinitum on June 22, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Call me when they start making these.
Hmm..lets see if the link works.
Bad Candy on June 22, 2007 at 10:26 PM
wait. we get video of robots walking, laying down, dancing; and this is what we get to purchase? the retarded cousion of rosie the robot?
lorien1973 on June 22, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Probably, but the missing zero is on the yen side. The conversion between the stated price in yen and the price in dollars is correct.
steveegg on June 22, 2007 at 10:35 PM
Actually, it will be the Mexican government buying them all to replace their population.
steveegg on June 22, 2007 at 10:37 PM
Since they don’t eat and don’t require shelter (they can just stay at their work desk 24/7) think how much money they will be able to wire home to Japan.
Coyote D. on June 22, 2007 at 11:01 PM
The next step is outsourcing receptionist work to robots telecommuting from Tokyo.
Sure, you laugh now.
Tantor on June 22, 2007 at 11:22 PM
New for 2008 the she comes with built in coffee maker/vending machine technology. On the horizon for 2009 are microwave/copy machine technology.
sonnyspats1 on June 23, 2007 at 12:04 AM
Yep, steve, seems I must have a calculator-button-pushing problem.
eeyore on June 23, 2007 at 12:13 AM
Butr… can it hump anything, AP?
Mazztek on June 23, 2007 at 4:53 AM
Much like kittens, Pac-Men are only cute until they grow up.
saint kansas on June 23, 2007 at 8:59 AM
Where’s MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER, when you need him.
Screeeeee……..!!!!
profitsbeard on June 23, 2007 at 9:19 AM
I never thought I’d live to see Vonnegut’s “Player Piano” become a reality. What is up with the Japanese fetish for all things robotic?
RW Wacko on June 23, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Just dress it up with an I-phone.
paulsur on June 23, 2007 at 11:20 AM
Nah, this is the model wives will buy to accompany their husbands on business trips to keep them out of trouble.
Bradky on June 23, 2007 at 11:29 AM
All I need to know is: do they flirt, and can I have sex with it?
Kensington on June 23, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Um… human receptionists cost a shatload less than that…
Lehuster on June 24, 2007 at 5:57 PM
just a test
jihadwatcher on June 25, 2007 at 8:44 AM