LG's ball-shaped robot can amuse your cat with a laser
BARCELONA -- We expected a new, modular flagship phone from LG, and we imagined there might be a VR-related gadget in the mix -- both turned out to be true -- but what we didn't expect was a robot.
Yet, that's exactly what LG gave us here at Mobile World Congress: a ball-shaped, home-monitoring robot that you control with your phone and use it to amuse your pets, control home appliances and see what's happening in your house.
LG gave us several use cases -- in one mode, the robot starts rolling around in a frenzy, pointing the laser dot around it and making R2D2-style noises, which should make your cat less bored while you're away.
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The one usage scenario I liked the most, though, was the surveillance aspect. The Rolling Bot has a decent camera, and you can see what the robot sees as you control it with your smartphone -- pretty nifty if you want to check if you left the fridge open.
{cardId: 2645}The version we saw was just a prototype, and there's no info on pricing and availability, though LG said prices for all the gadgets it showed us (and it showed a lot) are going to be "reasonable."
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.
