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Robot Family in Every Home?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the conspicuous-consumption dept.

cswilly writes: "Yahoo has a story that Sony wants to see a robot animal in every home. I was wondering if Sony has a total cost of ownership argument for these things? Let's see, $2500 for a robot dog + $100 in electricity oven ten years. A real dog costs, say $1/day to feed, lives ten years for $3650 on food, plus $1000 in vet bills. The robot wins hands down." But keeping it in Mom's Robot Oil isn't cheap either...

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  1. I'd want that, too by jcwren · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I sold flower pots, I'd want one in every home. Preferrably 10. That's a stupid statement on Sony's part, really. Anyone who sells anything wants lots of them everywhere. It's called "selling product to make money". Sheeh.

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  2. TCO argument flawed by psych031337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A sufficiently sized and well-trained dog is able come up with it's own food if you live in a neighborhood sporting enough cats.

    OTOH, the Sony petdogs probably have a setting to disable barking at night.

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  3. Re:Real dogs... by Leven+Valera · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not that I break into many houses, but if the house I burglar has a robot dog, it's not going to scare me off. I'd take it.

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