Going Loco with my mate ApriPoko

I love my gadgets, and this one is cute as well as cool. Toshiba are developing a voice-activated robot called ApriPoko that learns how you use your infrared devices.

Lil’ ApriPoko, who weighs in at just over 2 kg and stands 11-inches tall, senses the use of an infrared device and learns by asking the user “What did you just do?” and then storing the user response. This then lets the user issue voice commands to activate and control infrared devices.

MyTake – Even PCs and Macs come with remotes these days, so you could in effect get ApriPoko to manage your content aggregation via a few simple instructions (OK maybe I’m stretching a bit there). But, the idea of having a learning bot that understands how you consume and interact with your infrared devices could spawn a number of highly individual uses for Lil’ ApriPoko, like the one mentioned above, or you could get him to turn the air conditioning on..and off….