Posted 11.29.2010 at 2:40 pm
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Robot Massager
The new WheeMe robotic massager will be officially unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
DreamBots
A new robotic massager can roll over your body without falling off, providing a relaxing massage without any awkward conversation.
“WheeMe” is a palm-sized massage bot that looks like a miniature tank, or a weighted computer mouse with wheels. It works best on the body’s horizontal surfaces, according to DreamBots, its manufacturer, and is really designed for use on the back, while the person being massaged lies face-down. The WheeMe actually uses tilt sensors so it can roll around without falling off your side—in the video below, watch how it halts as soon as it travels too far across the torso.
As the robot rolls around, nylon “fingerettes” massage your body, which should appealing to those who find full-size fingers grotesquely large. The little guy weighs only 0.73 pounds, so it won’t exactly provide a deep tissue massage, but DreamBots promises “a delightful sense of bodily pleasure.”
The company was founded in 2008 and includes several Israeli robotics engineers. Two friends invented WheeMe 10 years ago, according to the company’s website.
Other therapeutic bots, like Paro the baby seal, respond to your caress. But if WheeMe and spongebathbot are any indication, future therapy bots will do all the touching.
WheeMe will make its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, but you can pre-order them now. No word on how much they’ll cost, although we do know batteries are included. Still, just look at him: How much friendlier do robots get?
WheeMe Massage Bot: Dreambots
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Shit like this shouldn't be allowed to be made with resources, shipped with fuels, or time wasted on.
And the music really sucks too.
Shutterpod says "Wahhhhhh"
I want one!!! under 200$ pls :D
Thanks for 'contributing' to the discussion, yourtelegriper
This reminds me of a (rather tired) old joke ...
... Someone help me, here ... Something about a flashlight and finding the keys to a truck so "I can drive us out of here"? ... Some-thing like that.
I"v seen better uses of time scratched into the walls at a truck stop bathroom
This can be number one next Christmas!!!
Can we buy them yet?
Do they sell on line? like at wheeme's web site?
is the massage bot wheeme sold onilne yet???
Im gonna get my girl friend 2 wheeme's to play on her back(-:
I think it's a facebook "LIKE"
It say's we can buy them online in the dreambots web site !!!!
Sexy and Cool.
Thanks POPSCI
Cool gadget! Thanks! Just found a new movie on youTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHMjhJQN1Q4
Looks like a cool little gadget but, I don't think it could beat a Korean massage! LOL! :P
I'm with shutterpod on this one. Just go to the park, lay down, and throw some peanuts on your back. A squirrel should do the rest. And peanuts cost a lot less.
I'll take the girl.
The bot should be larger, with retractable weights,
be able to regain it's balance if it rolls off (elongated, so as to climb up), and present large nodes capable of providing finger-like abilities to pinpoint specific pressure points.
This could be made SO much better very easily. I like tools to help supplement a comfortable lifestyle, however this does not provide an innovative supplication.