Meet Reibi, the Japanese Floor-Cleaning Robot
It might not look like much, but this little... er, big guy is a robot recently developed and employed by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd and Sumitomo Corporation in Osaka City, Japan to clean their floors. Now we've seen plenty of service robots that love to clean, some even professionally, but this one, operated by Reibi, is especially full-featured. Based on a robot developed in Tokyo in 2001, ...
If you're like most people, you're a little unsure of how to best clean that new high-definition flat-panel display you just dropped a couple grand on. Whatever you do, don't use Windex: That all-purpose cleaner can make your LCD panel look foggy. And paper towels? Fuggedaboutit. Those household staples can leave scratches on your plasma. In addition, LCD and plasma screens have special ...








