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They had one at the Sony experience center in NYC, so I was able to play with one. Far more advanced than the 20 year old ones. Covered in touch sensors, they
by dade_ 5y ago
They had one at the Sony experience center in NYC, so I was able to play with one. Far more advanced than the 20 year old ones. Covered in touch sensors, they are much more lifelike and natural acting than I expected. My favourite was the tricks, you make your hand into a gun and say play dead. And ha, I almost died laughing. Wonderful thing, but it is limited export as it uses a cellular plan in only a handful of countries. It is very expensive, it can’t jump, but I still want one.
- mech422 5y agoheh - they are cute...And after watching mini-cheetahs do backflips, the no jumping thing can seem limited. Supposedly we'll be seeing some chinese mini-cheetah clones soon at around $2k. That would make them quite a bit cheaper then the Aibo, and a potentially more capable hardware platform. Though, seems like the Aibo has the win on the software side.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoI think the new Xiaomi[1] fits that description? Still a little spendy, but compared to $75K for Boston Dynamics, not quite as far out of reach... 1: https://blog.mi.com/en/2021/08/10/xiaomi-launches-cyberdog-an-open-source-quadruped-robot-companion/ https://blog.mi.com/en/2021/08/10/xiaomi-launches-cyberdog-a...
- mech422 5y agooh wow - $1500 USD ? thats really nice! Hopefully the prices will keep dropping!
- elliekelly 5y agoWhy on earth does it need a cellular plan rather than Wifi?
- Veen 5y agoSo you can take it for a walk?
- rocha 5y agoThe walk really slowly. The can "run", but only for a very limited amount of time before their servos overheat and the dog has to take a nap.
- emsy 5y agoNot going to walk with it doesn’t seem very …erm animal friendly.
- mech422 5y agoThe one I saw back in the early 00s walked off the end of the conference table it was being shown off on :-) Perhaps its gotten better at walking since then...I mean, roomba's can avoid edges - so robot dogs should too, right?
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI guess for a seamless experience if you take it out of your home wifi range. It would be illusion-breaking if the dog displayed "Connectivity error" if you take it to your car.
- Inhibit 5y agoIt'd be pretty awesome if it scrolled across its chassis though.
- speed_spread 5y agoBecause the Internet of Things is not about Convenience to the Customer but Surveillance from the Supplier.