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Dogs will become too expensive in the future and we’ll have to buy robo-pets
Metro. UK ^ | 12 May 2015 | Nicolas Reilly

Posted on 05/12/2015 6:36:43 AM PDT by Daffynition

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1 posted on 05/12/2015 6:36:43 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Well, not until I get my flying car, mr. Futurist.


2 posted on 05/12/2015 6:38:47 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: Daffynition

Two of my Favorites:











3 posted on 05/12/2015 6:40:13 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Daffynition

It’s alive!

That’s the coolest robot video I’ve seen yet. It’s from a few years ago. I wonder where they’re at now.


4 posted on 05/12/2015 6:40:26 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Daffynition; Joe 6-pack

Robot woof woof ping!


5 posted on 05/12/2015 6:41:27 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: buffaloguy

10 pts if you can name the movie:

“you think I could afford a real snake?”


6 posted on 05/12/2015 6:41:29 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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7 posted on 05/12/2015 6:42:19 AM PDT by BerniesFriend (Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
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To: buffaloguy
Your dog will still want to hang his head out the window.


8 posted on 05/12/2015 6:42:48 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: left that other site

My name is Rags, woof, woof, woof!


9 posted on 05/12/2015 6:43:19 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Daffynition

This is just stupid.


10 posted on 05/12/2015 6:43:41 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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I own one of the first AIBO robodogs. SONY built 10,000 for the second run, and got 130,000 orders - I didn’t think I’d win the 1:13 odds to get one.

It was...amusing. Not quite compelling. It was fascinated by Christmas tree lights. Self-charging (finding its way back to the charger when needed) was a vital feature it didn’t have; you don’t want to have to find & move it every few hours.

Upon getting married, I put it on the charger and left it (newlyweds having other things to do). Then we got a dog, a real one. The AIBO remained on the charger, unused. One day I turned it on to see how they would get along. Little Teddy absolutely FREAKED OUT - as in: you imagine how you’d react if your furniture just started wandering around for no apparent reason. Live pet won, AIBO is on a shelf.


11 posted on 05/12/2015 6:43:56 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: MrB

You think a skin-job like me knows movies? :)


12 posted on 05/12/2015 6:44:11 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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To: left that other site

I would miss the drool and the shed hair all around. Not.


13 posted on 05/12/2015 6:44:16 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Lazamataz

+10


14 posted on 05/12/2015 6:44:48 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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No way in heck a robot doggie can be compared to a real live doggie. Can a robot doggie make me howl with laughter after I feed it peanut butter? Can a robot doggie snuggle? Can a robot doggie stare completely perplexed at his butt after he clears the room with a fart? Nope.. I’m sticking with my live canine buddies....


15 posted on 05/12/2015 6:45:00 AM PDT by momtothree
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16 posted on 05/12/2015 6:45:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: headstamp 2

Hah! I just heard that clip as a sample in a song this morning.


17 posted on 05/12/2015 6:45:18 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: MrB

Blade Runner


18 posted on 05/12/2015 6:45:38 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html

BigDog runs at 4 mph, climbs slopes up to 35 degrees, walks across rubble, climbs muddy hiking trails, walks in snow and water, and carries 340 lb load.

Development of the original BigDog robot was funded by DARPA. Work to add a manipulator and do dynamic manipulation was funded by the Army Research Laboratory’s RCTA program.


19 posted on 05/12/2015 6:46:36 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: MrB

Was it from Blade Runner?


20 posted on 05/12/2015 6:46:57 AM PDT by momtothree
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