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- From: park@netcom.com (Bill Park)
- Subject: Samsung, Panasonic, Lawn Ranger home robots?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.072415.29098@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: comp.robotics
- Summary: Are they being sold or not?
- Keywords: Panasonic, Samsung, Scout-About, domestic mobile security robot, cleaning robot
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:24:15 GMT
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- Can anyone tell me who to talk to in Panasonic and Samsung to find out the
- status of their domestic mobile robots?
-
- The Panasonic robot was demonstrated on --as I recall-- the Regis and
- Cathy morning TV talk show last year some time. It's a domestic floor
- cleaning robot that looks like a toaster on steroids. They said that
- Panasonic was not planning to sell it at that time.
-
- The Samsung "Scout-About" robot is an indoor domestic security patrol
- robot, priced about $1,000. It was shown in Fortune, July 15, 1991,
- page 110, and in Popular Machinics, October 1991, page 121.
-
- I've called both Panasonic and Samsung offices in the U.S., but they
- were unaware of these products.
-
- If these products are not being actively marketed, I'd like to know
- what factors led their developers to that decision.
-
- Also, what is the name, address, and/or phone number of the company
- that makes the Lawn Ranger robot lawnmower. It took first prize on
- the television show "Why Didn't I Think of That?" this weekend, but I
- tuned in too late to get any information about it. An article in
- Popular Science, August 1990, page 44 siad the vendor then was
- Technical Solutions, Inc., Box 284, Damascus, Maryland, 20872, but the
- phone company has no listing for that company in that city any more.
-
- Thanks for any leads.
-
- Bill Park
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