Yet Another Robot Dog Unleashed
September 11th, 2008
There sure are a lot of robots taking the form of dogs these days. Perhaps it’s because robots represent an innate desire in humans to remake themselves in their ideal form, and that ideal form happens to be canine shaped.
Or maybe it’s just because balancing on four legs requires fewer equations than balancing on two. Who knows what goes through the minds of the white-coated eggheads who come up with these silicon-chip-stuffed doohickeys. You’d think they’d at least be putting some of their research grants into developing robot girlfriends for themselves.
I interrupted my feline roommate Waffles’ morning workout to ask him if he ever wonders why they’ve never announced the creation of robot cats and he replied: “Because if they ever did, you’d damn well wish you’d never been born, pal”.
I don’t see how that answers the question, but on the other hand I see his point.
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