Best Inventions 2005: Bot Crazy
Follow the Leader
Inventor: Toshiba Corp
Availability: Prototype only
To Learn More: www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/
2005_05/pr2001.htm
Robots may not invade anytime soon, but
there's no denying that they're getting smarter. The ball-shaped ApriAlpha uses advanced
voice-recognition technology to distinguish between voices coming from different locations. When Alpha hears a voice, it fixes its steely digital-camera eye on the person speaking.
The taller ApriAttenda can identify a person
in a crowd by the color of his clothes and shape of his body, and then follow its target. It even bleeps when it loses track of its subject.
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