A robot security system. A robot security that is a $19000 triceratops that patrols your house taking pictures of would-be burglars.
"In 2002, TMSUK developed the Banryu ("Guard Dragon") line of mobile home security robots.How this would actually be useful, I have no idea. Its so slow that I'm pretty sure a potential burglar would either run around it, kick it or throw something over it.The Banryu bots were designed to patrol homes and photograph and would-be intruders using a camera installed in their snouts, but their plodding pace (3 meters a minute) made them questionably useful. TMSUK later created a zippier, 15-meter-per-minute Banryu model (that could also detect carbon monoxide leaks), but sadly the whole "cybernetic dinosaur home security" trend never really took off."
Check out this video to see just how slow the poor thing really is!
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