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Ride-on Unicorn robot: A quadruped companion for kids
- sottol 3y agoLiterally "killer" imo.
- Cerium 3y agoAh, a Chevaline.
- sterlind 3y agoI want one so bad I've wanted one since I read Diamond Age I'm an adult but ahhh
- hsrob1 3y agoMilitary has entered the chat "Child soldiers on robotic dogs, you say? Tell me more..."
- Terr_ 3y ago"And where were you twenty years ago? Ten years ago? Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent young maidens you always come to? How dare you! How dare you come to me now, when I am this!" -- Molly Grue, The Last Unicorn (1982) But seriously, this seems creepy and unlikely to me. Oh, I'm sure someone could sell a few units for novelty, but I don't see it surpassing existing products in that niche, like those small ride-on electric "cars" for kids. For one thing, that's a much higher and more precarious position for the little driver (or the whole unit) to fall down from.
- JohnFen 3y agoBoth of my daughters would have given their right arms for one of these if they'd existed when they were kids. I suspect my kids aren't unique in this. On the other hand, there's no way I'd have allowed them to have one, out of safety concerns. In the wider marketplace, I wonder which force would win out?
- Terr_ 3y agoI expect the wider-marketplace to be dominated by parents who don't want to spend $1k-3k. :P Also, it seems like the wrong fusion of functionalities. If there were a bunch of passable robo-friends for your kids on the market, wouldn't you want one that a child can hold during a car-ride and bring into the waiting room at the doctor's office? Something that isn't such a big battery-fire hazard to keep indoors while sleeping? There's a reason teddy bears and tricycles are separate toys.