#carebot

"Darth" CareBot (2007) by Gecko Systems, Atlanta, Georgia. Gecko provide Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service. "We publicly demonstrated one of our CareBots™ in "Darth Vader" garb with a rasping, hissing voice while patrolling tirelessly through crowds of folks at Dragon*Con." – GeckoSystems Inc.

‪Funny ah headcanon that guardener has a music box cause her creator believed that music makes flowers grow better, bonus points if Dalv was the one who suggested adding that feature‬

BaseBot™ "P3B2" (1998) by Gecko Systems, Georgetown, Austin, Texas. Gecko provide Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service. Like Topo, BaseBot's obliquely mounted wheels afford some degree of static stability. "Our second prototype frame was "still born" and never achieved any movement, and certainly no level of autonomy whatsoever. Our third early prototype, BaseBot™ "P3B2", did achieve "scanning sonar" only level of autonomy. This was our first sensor fusion development. Also depicted is an early sonar and IR range finder prototype." – GeckoSystems Inc.

"You can keep that tip," she said. She? It was actually RoboBar, a snappy yet accommodating robotic bartender created by MotoMan Inc. in Ohio. It mixes and serves up to 100 drinks an hour, all under a monitor that displays either a man's or woman's face, and its personality is programmable. Just watch that loose change. Then there was Lucy, Kelly and Eve, three CareBots created by Georgia-based Gecko Systems Inc. The stubby Rosie-like robots (ala "The Jetsons") could serve as strolling, talkative companions for the elderly, provide medication reminders and tell jokes. You could even use one to check on Grandma by logging onto the Internet and watching her through the CareBot's Web cam. The RoboBar and CareBots were among 150 robotic exhibits at last week's International Robots & Vision Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont." – Robots ready their resumes by Anna Marie Kukec, Chicago Daily Herald (Oct 3, 2005).

"The future of elderly care has been taken to greater heights with the creation of Carebot by Gecko Systems. This service robot was released in 2003. This new device is an internet appliance that is also used for remote video or audio monitoring. Carebot is engineered to provide monitoring of patients and delivers automatic reminders on what medicines need to be taken at a specific time. It provides companionship and emergency notification to the caregivers. It can call the attention of family members in case the elderly person needs some assistance to get up. Carebot is programmed to dial 9-1-1, or any other number the user designates for emergencies. This robot uses the company’s own systems namely, the GeckoNav allowing it to navigate autonomously and avoid obstacles that may hinder its movement, the GeckoChat for interacting with people or those that provide care to the patients and the GeckoTrak which gives the position of this robot to the care giver. Carebot also provides entertainment to patients by telling jokes and playing songs. It also gives encouragement to patients by reciting Bible verses." – Robotics Today.

CareBot PCR "Personal Computer Robot" (1998) by Gecko Systems, Georgetown, Austin, Texas. Gecko provide Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service. "We now had our fourth generation frame and we worked on shroud designs. We called our early prototypes "PCR's" since that stood for Personal Computer Robots. At that time we did not realize that it would take 3 or more PC's to have a "complete" personal robot." – GeckoSystems Inc.

"Kelly, – speak – as – loud – as – you – can. 'THIS IS MY LOUDEST VOLUME!' So I'm wearing a microphone here that has a wireless transmitter. This is the wireless receiver's antenna here. So I just told her to speak as loud as she can. She processed that. She turned up her volume. She can understand what you said. Yes, she does speech recognition. But in English? Yes. Currently English. But it's possible to do it in Japanese or other languages. Yes." – Gecko Systems Inc.