Snackbot
Snackbot. The robot of choice for couch potatoes.
Snackbot is a robot being developed by Jodi Forlizzi and Sara Kiesler of Carnegie Mellon. The duo are interested in mobile sociable robots that deliver services and have received a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) RFP award from Microsoft Research.
See the complete list of winners who split the $500,000 prize money here.
The robot will roam the halls of Carnegie Mellon handing out snacks and performing other services.
Monday, December 22nd 2008 at 11:38 pm |
You can find information on the latest incarnation of Snackbot on Hizook.com — http://www.hizook.com/blog/2008/12/21/snackbot-social-snack-fetching-robot-emerges-carnegie-mellon-university-cmu