Dec 3 2007Robot Seal Is Your Grandma's Best Friend
Palo the robotic seal was recently displayed at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. The furry little bastard is capable of learning the name you give it, talking, and reacting to touch. Which isn't too impressive. But it was designed to "help elderly people avoid loneliness and develop connections with others by interacting and talking to the robot." Well if that isn't the saddest damn thing I've heard in a long time then I don't know what is. If I ever get so old that the only "connecting" I can do is with a robotic stuffed animal I hope somebody has the decency to transplant my brain into a new body.
Robot Seal Designed to Take Care of Old People [therawfeed]
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Reader Comments
1. Ben Hur - December 3, 2007 3:38 PM
No "robot club" joke yet?
2. Dr. House - December 3, 2007 3:48 PM
I WANT ONE...
mainly because i need to practice my baseball swing :D
naw j/k...
i know of a few people that would love this as a christmas present...
3. Morono - December 3, 2007 4:10 PM
this is idiocracy at its finest
4. MajorDork - December 3, 2007 4:14 PM
Flipping awesome! My dog would love this... the only thing is the seal would learn to bark... I cant have a dog and a seal that both bark!
5. boredom - December 3, 2007 5:04 PM
when you're too damn lazy and selfish to actually take care of your elders buy them a robotic seal.
6. guate6 - December 3, 2007 6:49 PM
I'm with #5, I mean wtf? And if anything, why not a real pet? A bird, a cat, a frickin' hamster.