Posts: 3395
Threads: 43
Joined: February 8, 2015
Reputation:
33
Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 2:47 pm
Quote:Back in 1999, Sony released a robotic dog called Aibo, a canine companion that didn’t crap everywhere and only ate electricity. It sold pretty well — 150,000 units, despite the $2,000 price tag. Some owners became remarkably attached, which makes it even more sad that Sony has stopped repairing Aibo. Slowly but surely, they’re all dying.
The New York Times has recorded the plight of current-day Aibo owners in a completely heartbreaking video. They interviewed a series of owners, whose Aibos are a central part of their lives, but are slowly having to come to the fact that their dogs have a life expectancy.
http://gizmodo.com/sonys-robotic-dogs-ar...1712160637
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
Posts: 67190
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2015 at 2:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
There's a small business opportunity if I ever saw one......................you got the consumer by the short and curlies right out of the gate...and you -know- they're willing to spend big!
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 13051
Threads: 66
Joined: February 7, 2011
Reputation:
92
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 2:53 pm
Japanese people are strange...
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
Posts: 67190
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 2:54 pm
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2015 at 2:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
-and potentially profitable! Servos are cheap...love is priceless.......
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 13051
Threads: 66
Joined: February 7, 2011
Reputation:
92
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 2:55 pm
(June 18, 2015 at 2:51 pm)Rhythm Wrote: There's a small business opportunity if I ever saw one......................you got the consumer by the short and curlies right out of the gate...and you -know- they're willing to spend big!
I was thinking more along the lines of Sony getting into the robot funeral business. Now that would some savvy business sense.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
Posts: 67190
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 2:56 pm
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2015 at 2:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
And bury the keys to the consumers wallet? No thank you sir. 
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 2985
Threads: 29
Joined: October 26, 2014
Reputation:
31
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 3:16 pm
But the question is, do all Robot dogs go to heaven?
(aside: All Dogs Go To Heaven freaked me the eff out when I was a kid. It didn't make any sense to me and was just horrifying and sad and I was like... "WTF" after I watched it when I was maybe 5 or 6 or something.)
How will we know, when the morning comes, we are still human? - 2D
Don't worry, my friend. If this be the end, then so shall it be.
Posts: 67190
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 3:17 pm
(This post was last modified: June 18, 2015 at 3:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:do all Robot dogs go to heaven?
-for a price...yes?
*make all checks payable to Honeystone Farms, LLC.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 35278
Threads: 204
Joined: August 13, 2012
Reputation:
146
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 3:17 pm
Adds a whole new level to "pulling the plug", doesn't it?
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
Posts: 7318
Threads: 75
Joined: April 18, 2015
Reputation:
73
RE: Robot Dogs Are Not Immortal
June 18, 2015 at 3:22 pm
12/11 best thread title ever
|
