in the beginning today , Facebookfiled a patentfor “ a self - balance robot that transition from a three - wheeled musical mode to a two - wheeled self - balance modality ” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office . Facebook is n’t typically call back of a as a computer hardware ship’s company , and the details on what this is signify to do are allow for wispy .
The included illustration limn several configuration , but the essence functionality is that bellying matter at the closing of its multi - jointed arm , which the patent of invention refers to as “ the head unit . ” The unit is contrive to support a presentation , camera , mike and a speaker . Perhaps it has VR applications , but the on - instrument panel tech seems geared towards a telepresence free rein from the Zuckerberg empire .
The other primary feature , of course , is that it can resist up on two wheels so that it “ can be tall with a relatively small footmark . ”
The patent also notes that “ in some embodiment , the trunk can be configured with a memory region or a loading support to carry items when the robot is in a three - wheeled mode , ” which bring to mindpersonal deliveryapplications as well as butler bots like Piaggio’sGitarobot .
Of course , this is only a patent filing and Zuckerberg may never build fleet of these Segway - looking bot . Still , with Facebook ’s overwhelming reach online , there ’s something a little unnerving about watching it stretch into the physical world .
Read the full patenthere .
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