Hitachi's Not-so-new Security Robot | RobotShop Community

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Earlier this week, Hitachi captured the attention of the Blogosphere with its ‘new’ security robot. Not so fast, says MobileRobots. Apparently, Hitachi’s robot is simply a repackaged Pioneer DX. "The wheel rims are the giveaway. The Pioneer DX systems sold a few years ago had unique gold wheel

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/hitachi-039-s-not-so-new-security-robot
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Did Activmedia (change your name back, please) sell a bot to them?

Yes. From what I understand, several Pioneer DX robots were sold to Hitachi by a local distributor, Revast Technologies.

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it certainly looks like a DX, but I’ve gotta say that’s somewhat of a stretch. Gold anodizing is something you can do in your basement.

Did Activmedia (change your name back, please) sell a bot to them?

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I feel that this may backfire on MobileRobots, possibly skewering some sales. I’m a customer, and it annoyed me.

I’ve always admired the wheels on Activmedia robots. Maybe Hitachi salvaged them and scrapped the robots.