Somehow I don't thing that little toy is going to replace the real thing.
Posted on 11/16/2019 10:49:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
2017, Sony revived its robotic dog, Aibo, with a new version featuring impressive hardware upgrades but questionable features and functionality. It also came back from the dead with a $2,900 price tag plus the cost of a cloud subscription service (the first three years are included) if you wanted to unlock the more advanced features of the robo-pup you just paid a small fortune for.
Since Aibo’s release, Sony has been pushing out software updates that add new features, like turning the robot into a home security sentry. The latest update, version 2.50, which is now available, expands Aibo’s customizability with a new web-based API and dev program allowing the robot to be programmed to perform custom tasks and actions, even for amateur coders who have access to the easier Aibo Visual Programming interface. The new feature that will appeal to most owners, however, is Aibo Food, which allows the robot to be virtually fed using augmented reality through the Aibo smartphone app.
Aibo’s performance and features aren’t dependent on whether the dog is regularly fed—it is, after all, just a robot. So hopefully the company won’t change its mind down the line, making your pup act sluggish and distracted when you’re not forking out for pretend food.
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I’ll stick with my pet rock, 14 cents worth of material and 20 minutes work. Bada bing!
And then, at 2:14 a.m., it becomes self-aware.......
can they buy pretend psychotherapy sessions too?
In the coming Butlerian Jihad, we’ll have to fight dogs.
I’m trying to dodge the robots at Wal*Mart!
I was watching the shelf-scanning robot about 1-2 a.m. the other morning. A little late-night shopping (or early morning shopping).
It blasts a narrow BRIGHT beam of light at the shelf, top-to-botom, and then the camera is obviously capturing how empty the shelves are.
Watching the sweeping robot drive itself is kinda cool Can’t get to close or it pauses.
[top-to-bottom]
sigh.......
I can think of a lot more constructive/entertaining ways of spending a spare $2900 I don’t got right now, rather then buying a microchip-driven cyber-dog and it’s cyber kibble. I could get a live, affectionate puppy for free, pay for his/her shots, license, meds, checkups, toys, indoor bedding, and a whole lotta food for that cost, and pay as I go, too. And don’t get me started on my home repair/upgrade list, either. Or the boat. Cyber-pets. *piffle*
Somehow I don't thing that little toy is going to replace the real thing.
Oh that’s just great. Now it will leave little batteries all over the house.
Does it do robo poop, or do I still have to walk it? Can I walk it when it rains? Will my neighbors talk about me? Sooo many unanswered questions.
If I wanted and needed a robotic dog, K9 would be my only pick.
Romana II could tag along.
anybody see ‘sleeper’? “hello. my name is rags. woof woof woof woof”
Romama I is still around, but Romana II passed away some years ago.
Your robot dog will be like Alexa. It will teach your child many damaging things like eating unhealthy junk food, going into bad debt, being dumbed down with Democrat evil.
Robot dog & Alexa will teach your child many stupid things that marketing loves, how gay is normal, how Christians hate, soda pop cancer feels good, vax chemicals should flood your veins, pill popping are easy fixes, how your husband hates you, addiction with good, and how your daughter should be a slut.
A fake robot dog is just a mask for marketing hate.
Any gadget that speaks, brings marketing hate.
Would you invite deviant strangers into you house?
A happy jumping real dog is better. He won't hurt you.
Mary Tamm (I) died a few years ago but Lalla Ward (II) is still around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana_(Doctor_Who)
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