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Does anyone have (or has met) an Aibo?

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dlowan
 
Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 01:59 am
I confess - I sorta want an Aibo.

I kinda like trendy gadgets - and these first little domestic AI robots are interesting.

Does anyone have one? Spent any time with one?

I gather they are different from each other, and become more so as they interact. Is this the same as a personality?

I was looking at the Sony Oz site - and reading a few stories (I guess there will not be any of the "My Aibo stole my boyfriend type, eh?) - one woman told of how there was 12 hour blackout, and she could not find her Aibo - when the lights came on, it was "hiding" under a coffee table - prolly programmed not to get stepped on - but, still.....

The company have a little biped coming out, now.....
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 02:03 am
This thread arose out of Craven pointing out that Roombas (the little robotic vacuum cleaners) are robots that men like, cos women are happy to let 'em play with 'em - heehee .... of course, he says you can program them to hassle cats.


I wonder how real animals react to Aibos? And vice versa.....would it form a feedback relationship with them? I suppose it would.

Now I REALLY want one - to do experiments on feline consciousness with....wonder if you can program it to sneak up on 'em.....
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Swimpy
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 06:22 am
Forgive my ignorance, but what is an Aibo?
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 06:32 am
Hmm....as much as I would LOVE a vaccum-bot of some sort, I think it's still cheaper to hire an illegal immigrant to clean my place.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 07:32 am
An Aibo is a little robot made to look like a pet - sort of like a small dog or cat.

It has artificial intelligence to some extent - it can learn - it knows its human - it has programmed responses too, but it seems they all become different.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 07:46 am
here be AIBO -

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=AIBO&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
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Swimpy
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 07:48 am
hmm, can they do the dishes? If not what's the point?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 07:53 am
LOl! I doubt it.

They be just metallic life-forms. Like a dog or cat.

Dunno if it has a point.
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Monger
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 08:00 am
Well, you can attach little cameras to them and control their movements from your computer.
And you can teach them to dance.

Who said they're not useful? Laughing


(. . .for those who haven't heard of Aibo, they're made by Sony, they don't come cheap, and production is limited.)
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 08:14 am
So - you met one?
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Monger
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 08:19 am
Nah. Too rare a breed. . .
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 08:25 am
Hmmmmmm - thought you was, too!

heehee
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SealPoet
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 09:17 am
Shoot. I forgot about the Sony toy... I thought she was talking about enslaving the aboriginies...
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 22 Nov, 2003 01:31 pm
I'll have your flippers for soup, you li'l smegger!
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Wy
 
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Reply Sun 7 Dec, 2003 04:27 pm
cav, a Roomba is only about $200, about like a midpriced regular vac. Plus there's no hassles with the INS...
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roger
 
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Reply Sun 7 Dec, 2003 08:02 pm
I doubt any cat has ever been snuck up on by any kind of vacuum cleaner.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 8 Dec, 2003 12:06 am
Heehee - my bestest cat of all, Phoebe, enjoyed being vacuumed - it was like a good massage to her. Great for the fur problem.

sadly, no cat since has taken to it....
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