The world as we know it is edging closer and closer to the Jetsons-style utopia we’ve all been dreaming of since childhood. We’ve got houses that talk to us, robot vacuum cleaners/cat transport units, and now, joy of joys, a mobile fridge.
And yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like: Japanese electronics company Panasonic have invented a ‘Movable Fridge‘ that will bring food to you when summoned. It’s voice activated, has sensors just like a Roomba, and it’s even due to get a warming plate upgrade so that it can keep your pizza pockets toasty warm as it makes its mission from the kitchen to your filth-den in front of the telly.
Basically, it’s this cool gal, only with slightly less personality:
Plus it’s got that great intimidating hyper-clean Ex Machina thing going on, so you can feel a little frisson of fear every time it shows up round the corner, ‘cos you know we’re only a single line of code away from a fully-fledged robot uprising:
Meet our concept idea, the movable fridge! If you call, it will come….. what more could you want! 😃 #IFA2017 pic.twitter.com/F1jT99uCKZ
— Panasonic UK (@PanasonicUK) September 5, 2017
The genius robot icebox was debuted at this year’s Internationale Funkausstellung, which aside from sounding extremely rude, is a massive, international electronics trade fair. Panasonic unveiled a whole swathe of robo-conveniences as part of their ‘Better Living Tomorrow‘ collection, including a “Smart Sake Cooler” that is for some reason connected to a brewery database, and a washing machine that can scan individual care labels and wash garments accordingly (and is therefore ten times smarter and more capable than I am).
Panasonic says it’s trying to invent technologies that “support a variety of aspects of our lives, making the time spent with family and friends more delightful“.
While there’s no official release date for the wonderful companion fridge, I can think of few things more delightful than summoning a square, robotic fridge-slave to bring me that half a burrito I’d almost forgotten about so that I may remain immobile in front of a Gilmore Girls marathon, so thank you, Panasonic; you’re the heroes of tomorrow, today.
