c/technology · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2dI spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/i-spent-4000-on-a-robot-dog-from-china/68 points · 31 comments · view on lemmy.world
31 Comments
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 26 pts · 2d
I lol’d because one of the questions in the comments was, well what can it do, and the answer was…not much. That’s an awfully expensive toy…but at least the legs are replaceable 🤷♂️
uen3@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2d
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 4 pts · 2d
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 1d
Yes but in this case it generates income for the author in terms of his ongoing employment.
username_1@discuss.tchncs.de · -6 pts · 1d
What can a real dog do?
crandall@lemmy.today · 18 pts · 1d
Be an actual companion
username_1@discuss.tchncs.de · -11 pts · 1d
You can't answer the question using a deliberately broad terminology. That robot also can accompany an owner.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1d
That's what you thought he meant?
This wasn't a failure of communication on his part, it was a failure on yours.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 7 pts · 1d
Maybe you're a robot.
kureta@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1d
Go out. Pet a dog. Talk to a human in real life.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
Stink, shit and piss everywhere, play fetch (if you taught it to).
excursion22@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 2d
Benn Jordan had some fun with one of these, it was an entertaining and frightening experience...
ProfThadBach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
I have no idea who this is
willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1d
Very informative, thanks.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1d
why?
CluckN@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1d
dangercake@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 1d
It's got what plants crave
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 1d
Why? Jesus Christ. Unless you are planning on taking it apart and reading it's circuitry, don't patronize this kind of shit.
73QjabParc34Vebq@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1d
Are you sure?
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 1d
Not by him.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 9 pts · 2d
Thats not even funny its just fuckin sad and stupid.
magnue@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
Still cheaper than a 5090
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
Not sure how my organic dog would react.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 2d
A living dog isn't that easy to fool. There is a dead object moving, like a falling broomstick, or any other of the human's toys.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2d
I still jerk off manually.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Of course you do.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1d
almost too realistic.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
Vaporware.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · -3 pts · 1d
a real dog wouldve been cheaper, and cheaper to maintaine, what happens if the company goes under and you can repair it.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1d
But when you go on holiday, your "real" dog can't be just switched off!
One is a toy, the other is a living creature man.