Monday, July 30, 2007

Could a robot help you lose weight?

MIT Media Lab
An amazing look at the first weight loss robot coach. In its initial MIT trial, it's made to go around homes and to look at human-robot interaction for a couple of months to see if it’s a useful weight loss tool. The robot is equipped with a camera that finds where people are and stares at you while you exercise. Some of the things that it will tell you: “If you tell me at least once a day how much you eat and exercise, we will be more likely to get to your ideal weight goal.”

also interesting to link: the personal robot group.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would love a robot telling me what to do. Not!

Anonymous said...

Robots helping one diet. Now what's this world coming to?

Anonymous said...

better than paying for a personal trainer fees.

Anonymous said...

I cannot be held responsible for my actions if the robot calls me a lardass.

jailer said...

I don't know if this would be different from a personal trainer, but a substitute, so I'm sure an initial fee would be appropriate. Better than paying forever.

Anonymous said...

I need a sexbot