【】

  发布时间:2025-04-04 04:12:40   作者:玩站小弟   我要评论
Kuri just wanted to watch your children play. The roving surveillance bot, unveiled last year at CES 。

Kuri just wanted to watch your children play.

The roving surveillance bot, unveiled last year at CES, was billed as the first home robot that could actually catch on with consumers around the country. What with its unassuming — even "cute" — design and ability to autonomously decide to film people and pets in your home, Kuri represented a stark departure from the blind robo-murder dogs we have all grown to regard with caution.

SEE ALSO:This 'blind' robot dog is great for hunting you on a moonless night

Alas, nothing gold can stay: Mayfield Robotics, Kuri's manufacturer and part of the Bosch Startup Platform, announced today that things weren't looking so hot for the 14-pound robot.

"Sadly, our Kuri manufacturing will cease, and the Kuri robots that have been made will not ship to customers," the manufacturer said in a company press release. "All pre-order deposits will be refunded to our customers."

This is a shocking turnabout for Kuri, which was initially hailed by a prominent tech blog as possibly one day "[replacing] your little brother as the cutest member of your family."

Mashable Light SpeedWant more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter.By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Thanks for signing up!

So what went wrong? Are people just not interested in having a camera equipped, four-microphone stocked, mini robot following them around their homes, recording their every move?

Mashable ImageGoodbye.Credit: MAYFIELD ROBOTICS

Definitely not, insists Mayfield Robotics. You see, it's not that people prefer jogging death-bots, it's that there was a problem with, uh, "business fit." Yeah, business fit, that sounds right.

"From the beginning, we have been constantly looking for the best paths to achieve scale and continue to advance our innovative technology," the press release continued. "Typically, startups in the Bosch Startup Platform are integrated into existing Bosch business units, but after extensive review, there was not a business fit within Bosch to support and scale our business."

So there you have it. In the end, Kuri's stated cause of death wasn't a lack of consumer interest or a failure to get the tech right. Instead, the ignoble end of a rather ignoble creature was the inability to figure out how to wrap the product into the larger business conglomerate that is Bosch.

Maybe Kuri's designers should have also made it combat-ready? There will alway be a market for that.


Featured Video For You
This 'blind' robot can jump on your table and chase you in the dark even when its leg is broken
  • Tag:

相关文章

  • Darth Vader is back. Why do we still care?

    They saved the best for last in the first official trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, release
    2025-04-04
  • 魚仔辣醬蒸立魚的做法

    常年在外的你,每當夜深人靜的時候 ,是不是總想家?是不是特別懷念媽媽做的好吃的?媽媽做的家常菜固然簡單 ,但是味道真的很美好。所以,為了一解自己的相思之苦 ,你為何不自己嚐試學著做呢 ?下麵 ,小編就來教大家做
    2025-04-04
  • 豉汁排骨蒸腸粉的做法

    如果你每天下班回家,都有熱騰騰的香甜可口的飯菜在等你 ,你肯定會感到幸福 。當然 ,這樣的幸福很少有人得到 。不過 ,這幸福你可以自己給,你可以自己為自己做點好吃的。當然 ,如果不會做你需要先學。那麽,現在我就給
    2025-04-04
  • 假蔞肉餡釀豆角的做法

    經曆了一周五天的連續上班,你應該很疲憊 。而周末放假的你  ,肯定是蜷縮在沙發.床上,午飯晚餐不是泡麵,就是外賣。這樣的你,真的就不擔心英年早逝嗎 ?所以 ,趁著沒病趕緊自己學做點吃的吧 。現在 ,小編就來教你如何
    2025-04-04
  • Metallica to seek and destroy your eardrums with new album this fall

    Metallica was never going to keep quiet forever.。 The band has announced its new album, Hardwired&he
    2025-04-04
  • 粉絲蒜蓉蒸扇貝的做法

    每次去朋友同事家做客的時候,你都會發現 ,他們都有一兩道拿手菜 。而每次輪到自己的時候 ,卻捉襟見肘了 。這樣的你 ,看起來是不是特別沒麵子 。所以,為了你的尊嚴 ,現在就來跟我學一下粉絲蒜蓉蒸扇貝的做法。1.粉絲
    2025-04-04

最新评论