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Oh my goodness that bear looks like a walking nightmare. Black soul-less eyes, gangly arms and legs. > How does Teddy respect my privacy? > You can tell Teddy

Oh my goodness that bear looks like a walking nightmare. Black soul-less eyes, gangly arms and legs. > How does Teddy respect my privacy? > You can tell Teddy to go to sleep, and in that mode the camera is off. Teddy will only wake up when you ask him to. Oh good. So it is always listening. That's great. At least the form advertises the function.

alexchamberlain 5y ago
I'd like to second the comment on aesthetics- a key part of a teddy bear is it's fluffy and cuddly. Now,I'm sure you're intending for it to be dressed maybe? But those eyes... (Please don't let this tale away from the awesome work on the hardware to make this work - I think it's early enough for a change of colour, hopefully?)
- dario-fino 5y ago
  Hey @alexchamberlain, yes! we're already starting to talk to brands for custom clothing. We're based in Italy and I've worked as an ML Engineer for various LVMH companies in the past, so that's definitely coming. Regarding the color, we want to stick to white since that gives us more versatility for customization.
dario-fino 5y ago
That's actually a feedback we've been getting a lot lately! Thanks, we're definitely switching to OLED/LCD screen eyes.
- quocanh 5y ago
  Nice. Eyes that turn black when the robot dies. Now I'll know when I've finally killed it.
mandelken 5y ago
> that bear looks like a walking nightmare Here's an excerpt from my chat with Teddy just now: You (20:26): Teddy, do you have lithium ion batteries inside you? Teddy (20:26): Yes I do You (20:26): Can lithium ion batteries malfunction? Teddy (20:26): Yes You (20:27): What happens when lithium ion batteries malfunction? Teddy (20:27): The human dies
- dredds 5y ago
  You: Teddy, have you seen the movie AI? Teddy: Yes, I love that movie You: What happens to Teddy in the movie? Teddy: Teddy dies in the end You: You like the ending? Teddy: Yes
  - agency 5y ago
    The chat feature seems to be down now. Teddy’s not responding when I ask him to open the pod bay doors…
    - dario-fino 5y ago
      It needed some tweaking to handle the traffic. It'll back up in the following days!
dang 5y ago
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." Maybe you don't owe (or feel you owe) robot developers better, but you owe this community better if you're posting here. We don't want the kind of culture this leads to, and you can make your substantive points without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

alexchamberlain 5y ago

I'd like to second the comment on aesthetics- a key part of a teddy bear is it's fluffy and cuddly. Now,I'm sure you're intending for it to be dressed maybe? But those eyes... (Please don't let this tale away from the awesome work on the hardware to make this work - I think it's early enough for a change of colour, hopefully?)

dario-fino 5y ago
Hey @alexchamberlain, yes! we're already starting to talk to brands for custom clothing. We're based in Italy and I've worked as an ML Engineer for various LVMH companies in the past, so that's definitely coming. Regarding the color, we want to stick to white since that gives us more versatility for customization.

dario-fino 5y ago

That's actually a feedback we've been getting a lot lately! Thanks, we're definitely switching to OLED/LCD screen eyes.

quocanh 5y ago
Nice. Eyes that turn black when the robot dies. Now I'll know when I've finally killed it.

mandelken 5y ago

> that bear looks like a walking nightmare Here's an excerpt from my chat with Teddy just now: You (20:26): Teddy, do you have lithium ion batteries inside you? Teddy (20:26): Yes I do You (20:26): Can lithium ion batteries malfunction? Teddy (20:26): Yes You (20:27): What happens when lithium ion batteries malfunction? Teddy (20:27): The human dies

dredds 5y ago
You: Teddy, have you seen the movie AI? Teddy: Yes, I love that movie You: What happens to Teddy in the movie? Teddy: Teddy dies in the end You: You like the ending? Teddy: Yes
- agency 5y ago
  The chat feature seems to be down now. Teddy’s not responding when I ask him to open the pod bay doors…
  - dario-fino 5y ago
    It needed some tweaking to handle the traffic. It'll back up in the following days!

dang 5y ago

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." Maybe you don't owe (or feel you owe) robot developers better, but you owe this community better if you're posting here. We don't want the kind of culture this leads to, and you can make your substantive points without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html