Something the Stretch bot gets right is that it doesn't trigger uncanny valley revulsion like the torso-shaped PR2 does with its Terminator eyes. They managed t

Something the Stretch bot gets right is that it doesn't trigger uncanny valley revulsion like the torso-shaped PR2 does with its Terminator eyes. They managed to make this bot feel like an appliance or a mobile coat hanger - almost like an endearing doofus. I think this will be key to mass adoption. On the other hand, those Boston Dynamics robo-dogs with their snakelike extensions reminds me far too much of the Fido enemy (a.k.a. Parasite) from Quake 2: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/quake/images/d/d2/Parasite.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/185?cb=20130427135231 http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/quake/images/d/d2/Parasi...