DarwinBot – The Pet Companion Robot

Jordan’s a developer on the Microsoft Robotics Team and recently built a remotely operated robot for interacting and playing with his pet over the internet. It has two way audio and video through Skype, a ball launcher, treat dispenser, ball recovery arm and a pan & tilt camera.

It is built on the Parallax EDDIE hardware platform with the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 development tool.

Find out more at http://www.microsoft.com/robotics

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25 responses to “DarwinBot – The Pet Companion Robot”

  1. marknava97 Avatar
    marknava97

    SWEEEEET! You …
    SWEEEEET! You should make a patent, mass produce these, sell them for a fare price, and you would be a millionaire….you wouldn’t need that full-time job anymore. BTW make it a Playstation controller, and everyone would die? for one of those ;D

  2. FrameDrumAndFlute Avatar
    FrameDrumAndFlute

    This is our future …
    This is our future instead of? telecommuting to the office, we’ll live at the office and telecommute to home.

  3. Darokrithia Avatar
    Darokrithia

    this is why …
    this is why microsoft rocks?

  4. MercuryBOT Avatar
    MercuryBOT

    great work, this is …
    great work, this is just the beginning to? helpfull technology 🙂

  5. TopShelfization Avatar
    TopShelfization

    HE PLAYS WITH XBOX …
    HE PLAYS WITH XBOX CONTROL!!! -_-?

  6. RHINORyan92 Avatar
    RHINORyan92

    this is amazing, …
    this is amazing, how do you not like something like this. this is? brilliant

  7. adamsa18msu Avatar
    adamsa18msu

    If he worked at …
    If he worked at Google, he probably would own a cat?

  8. NGYT40 Avatar
    NGYT40

    Awesome project! …
    Awesome project! Parallax Eddie and RDS is a? very cool combination!

  9. MrSabinator Avatar
    MrSabinator

    Awesome robot, …
    Awesome robot, ugly? dog.

  10. grrlaman Avatar
    grrlaman

    Any dog left alone? …
    Any dog left alone? more than four hours at a time should have another dog as a companion! (A foster dog sitter refused to let me have just one upon hearing that I was gone 10 hours a day). How does your dog eliminate? Don’t you at least have a dog walker in the middle of the day? Frankly, this makes me angry.

  11. RhythmWithn Avatar
    RhythmWithn

    WIN?
    WIN?

  12. kristineingrid Avatar
    kristineingrid

    i think a second …
    i think a second dog, or? even a cat would have been nicer 🙂

  13. fauxhawk70 Avatar
    fauxhawk70

    …By the way your …
    …By the way your dog Darwin is very? cute!

  14. fauxhawk70 Avatar
    fauxhawk70

    My girlfriend and I …
    My girlfriend and I decided it was just better to rescue another dog from the pound so that they can both play together while we are at work. We can remote in from our Android Google phones to small wireless IP cameras around the house anytime to check? in on them and view what they are doing. As for dispensing treats they sell treat dispensing devices on the market that are time released.

  15. jlb591 Avatar
    jlb591

    first off that’s? …
    first off that’s? not even a dog. it’s a large rat and no animal should ever be named darwin.

  16. rtorre02 Avatar
    rtorre02

    Reminds me of? an …
    Reminds me of? an ER-1 robot.

  17. luisbeck007 Avatar
    luisbeck007

    nope the dog will …
    nope the dog will need to clean up too? much from the engineers

  18. NGYT40 Avatar
    NGYT40

    Awesome!?
    Awesome!?

  19. SamuraiM0 Avatar
    SamuraiM0

    First it was a …
    First it was a hobby, but than ms thought lets? promote this for our dev software.

    Anyway now 50 idiots are jealous because the don’t got a awesome robot.

  20. JerryLittlemars2 Avatar
    JerryLittlemars2

    this sounds like a? …
    this sounds like a? Microsoft promo to me

  21. czeiser Avatar
    czeiser

    So you both have …
    So you both have full-time jobs. Get a dog walker, you can afford it and it would be way? nicer for Darwin. Poor dog.

  22. jcdevelopment Avatar
    jcdevelopment

    blah? blah blah …
    blah? blah blah nerd talk 2:44

  23. multitaskingmaren Avatar
    multitaskingmaren

    nice? try microsoft …
    nice? try microsoft.
    but that awful ad-backround-music gave you away.

  24. crosswind76 Avatar
    crosswind76

    I hope you get …
    I hope you get Darwin another dog to interact like a dog with? dog behaviors & they can snuggle if want

  25. MrRcheek Avatar
    MrRcheek

    wouldn’t a mexican …
    wouldn’t a mexican be? cheaper? ?

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