Seri Robot

A photo showing the front of Seri

Seri is a surveillance robot developed by a Korean company called Mostitech in 2003.

Appearance

A photo of Seri on an angle

Seri's head is similar to QRIO's head. It has a silver body, two black front wheels, and a third back wheel. It also has a small, digital screen on its front, and what appears to be a white sensor also embedded on its front. Seri has a pair of transparent eyes and a small antenna that juts out at the back of its head. The head and neck area of the robot are black.

Seri is 50 cm in height and weighs 12 kg.

Functionality

Seri is capable of moving around on its wheels and detecting gas leaks, fire, smoke, and intruders in a home, using its sensors. According to The PDF document on robocys.com, Seri has one video camera, an infrared sensor, a temperature sensor, and a smell sensor (I don't know how this works). If there is an intruder, Seri will use the video camera in its eyes to take photos of the intruder and transmit them to its owner and warn them of the intruder's presence. Seri will also take photos, transmit them to its owner, and warn its owner if it notices any of the other dangers mentioned (fire, smoke, and gas leaks).

Photos captured by Seri can be transmitted via the Internet or mobile phone. Seri is battery-powered and is capable of autonomously charging itself once it notices it is low on power. Seri can be controlled from your PC via the Internet or a CDMA connection from a mobile phone. The user will be able to use the robot to monitor places the it is in.

Seri can read books to children and have 20 different types of conversations with people. The robot is also claimed to be the first one equipped with the ability to connect to networks via CDMA.

Planned Features

Facial recognition was a planned feature for Seri, which could improve Seri's accuracy in identifying intruders such as humans and other people's pets. Also, SK Telecom planned to introduce a service to Seri owners, allowing them to constantly monitor their homes via the robot using their mobile phones.

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