TAIPEI, Taiwan – Asus launched the first wave of preorder of its assistant robot “Zenbo” in the first day of 2017, and the limited 168 units was sold out in one day.
Zenbo is the first model of Asus’s robot products, which was introduced before Christmas holiday and opened to be preordered on January 1th 2017. The standard edition of Zenbo equipped with 32GB of storage capacity and priced at NT$19,900; The deluxe edition quipped with 128GB of storage capacity and priced at NT$24,900.
Zenbo is OEM by Pegatron Corporation and co-developed with Intel, it uses Intel’s CPU and RealSense technology. Zenbo adopts three sets of cameras (one 1080P camera, one infrared camera and one IR laser camera) which operate synchronically.
By using these camera sets, Zenbot is able to sense the depth of objects and motions of human body, to improve the experience of interaction between human and machine.
Asus said, the result of preorder of Zenbo was out of their expectation. And due to the limited quantity of the first production, Asus will only sale Zenbo in Taiwan, the company plans to deliver preferable product experience in the first phase, and step into oversea markets afterward.
