June 5th, 2008 by ketyung
Some people would like to have soft toys hanging around in the cars. Such as teddy bear is one of those most popular ones, to be sitting next to driver. iXs Research Corporation has now turned the teddy into something more useful. Besides being just a cuddly bear sitting in your car, it now can show you the directions to get to your destinations.
iXs Research has produced a prototype of the robotic teddy, which stands 30 cm tall and has 6 joints in its arms and neck. The robotic teddy can make gestures and speak out the directions for you to find your way home.
The robotic teddy bear is also equipped with couple sensors which are all for the purposes of getting you to drive safely. Such as it’s got alcohol sensor that will detect if you’ve drunk too much and not safe to drive home. The robotic teddy bear will be kind of rude to the driver, if he or she’s been sensed of having been drinking by saying “You haven’t been drinking, have you?”. While you’re speeding, exceeding the speed limit, it’ll also yell at you, and say “watch out!”.
The robotic bear also comes with additional feature which will provide information about nearby landmarks, while you stroke its head. The company hopes to roll the robotic teddy out by next year. They’re still striving to make it better, lets say more compact. And also making to come in other shapes, including other characters and a plain mechanical version.
Although the idea of merging car GPS with dolls, has been patented by Fujitsu, but iXs Research Corporation has been granted permission to use the patent through a Kawasaki-area project.
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