Robot dogs

[rainforests1]

In Japan, robot dogs are for life - and death
They are expensive. Would you want one?

 

[beancounter]

In Japan, robot dogs are for life - and death
They are expensive. Would you want one?

No, they don't interest me.

 

[Calliegirl]

No, those aren't cute.

I'd rather have one of these creepy things: Is it cruel to kick a robot dog? - CNN.com

 

[FortyTwo]

YES.

I wish they'd start working on the AIBO line again, because it has a lot of potential.

 

[beancounter]

YES.

I wish they'd start working on the AIBO line again, because it has a lot of potential.

Maybe they stopped because the AIBO line had too much potential...

Help! robot dogs are are coming after me.

 

[Andy_T]

Interesting subject.

I would suggest to read the book "Do Androids dream of Electronic Sheep" by Phillip K. Dick, that gained wide recognition when made into the movie "Blade Runner" about humanoid androids.

Unfortunately what did not make it to the movie were the parts of the book that are related to animals being nearly extinct (apart from incredibly expensive cloned pets) in the 21st century and cheap(er) electronic copies serving as status symbols for people who can not afford real pets (with everybody pretending to their neighbours that his electronic pet is a one of the very few real animals).

 

[Dropkick]

I don't know.... the oil it peed on the lawn would probably kill the grass, and the piles of nuts and bolts it left around would be hell on the lawn mower. And I don't even want to think about potty accidents in the house or the damage from chewing.

 

[Danielle]

I want a robot rat

 

[Dropkick]

I want a robot rat

I just read about the solenodon. Maybe you should consider one of these. Besides just being cool they have the extra caché of being poisonous.
The Creature Feature: 10 Fun Facts About the Solenodon | WIRED

 

[yakherder]

I want a robot dog with a human brain .

 

[BronwynMendoza]

I want a robot dog with a human brain .

Like K-9 out of Doctor Who??

 

[yakherder]

Like K-9 out of Doctor Who??

Yep. If I'm gonna have a robot dog, it better be able to play chess.

 

[Danielle]

I'd like to have my brains put inside a robot dog

 

[FortyTwo]

I'd like to take out my brain, and replace it with the brain of a robot dog.

 

[Danielle]

I'd like to take out my brain, and replace it with the brain of a robot dog.

but would that still be you?

 

[FortyTwo]

but would that still be you?

My brain is identical to the brain of a robot dog.

So, technically, yes! Science is neat.

 

[Dropkick]

I'd like to have my brains put inside a robot dog

But then it wouldn't be a robot dog, it would just be a cyborg dog, so you'd lose the robot panache.
What you need to do is imprint your personality and brain wave patterns onto the mechanical dog's brain and then destroy your current biological body (so there wouldn't be two of you - which could be socially embaressing).


Disclaimer: Unless it was Forty Two's brain, as from his post we know his brain is already mechanical - which actually makes him a cyborg who wants to be a robot.

- though a non traditional cyborg, as traditionally a cyborg would have a human brain and a mechanical body
---- unless he's a flesh coated Terminator sent from the future in which case an argument could be made that he is a traditional model, as there have been several incarnations of this form.
Forty Two - how do you feel when you hear the name John Connor?

 

[FortyTwo]

But then it wouldn't be a robot dog, it would just be a cyborg dog, so you'd lose the robot panache.
What you need to do is imprint your personality and brain wave patterns onto the mechanical dog's brain and then destroy your current biological body (so there wouldn't be two of you - which could be socially embaressing).


Disclaimer: Unless it was Forty Two's brain, as from his post we know his brain is already mechanical - which actually makes him a cyborg who wants to be a robot.

- though a non traditional cyborg, as traditionally a cyborg would have a human brain and a mechanical body
---- unless he's a flesh coated Terminator sent from the future in which case an argument could be made that he is a traditional model, as there have been several incarnations of this form.
Forty Two - how do you feel when you hear the name John Connor?

*points arm at monitor, dozens of bullets shoot out*