Arrrrroooooooooo!

June 6, 2005 7:03 PM

Feral Robotic DogsOUT THERE, in happy family homes, in the offices of corporate executives, in toy stores through out the globe, is an army of robotic dogs. These semi-autonomous robotic creatures, though currently programmed to perform inane or entertaining tasks: begging for plastic bones; barking to the tune of national anthems; walking in circles; are actually fully motile and AWAITING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
posted by warbaby (4 comments total)

Seeing-eye robot dogs are much needed to supplement the current low supply of actual seeing-eye dogs. The latter are so time-consuming to train.

I would also like to see a new crop of bomb-sniffing robot dogs.

We're so far behind in robot technology when compared to the fabulous predictions made a decade or so ago.

And, yes, I would also like to own a robot to trim my lawn and earn an income for me.
posted by ember at 12:20 AM on June 7, 2005

ember, half of what you are looking for exists.
posted by knave at 12:54 AM on June 7, 2005

Anyone remember Toby from Alan Moore's Halo Jones? He was sort of stealth feral.
posted by Clay201 at 2:11 AM on June 7, 2005

bark! bark! another metafilter post, master!
posted by natebox at 11:58 AM on June 7, 2005