We are not planning to have a battery-powered humanoid robot welcome visitors at our factory, so please relax. We value human contact with our customers, if they pop by for a chat and that’s our plan going forward. None the less, anything that runs on batteries is a prospect for our blog, especially about a robot that changes its own batteries.
See a Walker Robot Change Its Batteries
A Chinese company has just released a walking robot in human form. It stands 5 foot 3 inches tall, and weighs 95 pounds, so people may be more comfortable in its presence. We can imagine ‘Walker’ welcoming us to a store, or stacking things on shelves with perfect precision.
But Walker could also perform repetitive tasks in a factory, perhaps faster and better that any human could. But if the robot started misbehaving, we would have the ultimate weapon. We could allow the batteries to run flat, and put Walker into an electronic deep sleep.
But things are not that simple with this humanoid robot, according to Live Science. It has a pair of 48-volt batteries up its sleeve. Each one allows the robot to walk for 2 hours, or stand for four. Then Walker swaps out the flat battery for a charged one, without a human in sight.
Could This ‘Creature’ Become Our Lifetime Companion?
UBTECH Robotics sees a bright future for its robot that changes its own batteries. Possible applications that it mentions, include manufacturing, exhibitions, warehousing, logistics, colleges and research institutions, and commercial office services.
And then, we kid you not, UBTECH robotics suggests employing Walker as a household companion. It could relieve us from tasks like watering the garden, and putting out the garbage. And Walker could even become our companion and carer, if we ever become elderly and infirm.
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