Robotic suitcase that follows you

Juniper Foo | Nov 19, 2007

The next time you go on a trip with Tony, he'll be sitting in the cargo space of the plane. Better yet, he won't complain, won't make demands every night, and will dog your footsteps like a lovelorn puppy, short of wagging his tail. Tony is robotic suitcase developed in Russian. Whether there's a market for this remains to be seen, though you'll have to wait preeety long to get ahold of on. The developers from Robotronic.ru are testing the waters by scheduling this for sale only in 2009, and via a Russian catalog. Vy govorite po-angliyski? Speak you Russian? Pray the instructions aren't in Russian, either.

Tony sounds intriguing enough even if the photo shows a oddly impractical design. We're guessing the suitcase will also be weighed down by all that machinery. So forget packing in extra footwear.

Onboard are an internal gyroscope, light, sound and infrared detectors and sensors which allow Tony to detect stairs as well as follow you without bumping into anything. A card in your pocket allows the suitcase to track you. And if some twerp were to steal it, an alarm will sound. Though at a US$2,000 sticker shock, we'd suggest you take out a nice insurance package on Tony. Stay, boy, stay.

Via Russia IC

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