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Will Robots Cheer Up the Elderly?
Drath writes "Researchers at Purdue University are conducting a study by placing Sony Aibo robots in a Lafayette, IN nursing home. They want to see if robots can make people happy. Lets hope they have robot insurance." Makes you wonder if the AARP will have a position paper on this. Hope when I get old(er) I'll have gold plated killer robots around for my entertainment. pycananthemum also was kind enough sent in a link to the Project page.
If their only company is C-3PO it's going to a lot worse for them, not better ....
Patch Adams seemed to work well for elderly patients, why wouldn't Bicentennial Man?
Everyone knows robots can't make people happy. It just gives them a headache to think down to our level.
At least, they opted for cute Aibos in stead of cute Marvins with Genuine People Personalities...
This movie explains why I have doubts about this.
Are they still showing reruns of Matlock in the year 3000?
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If the robot is a cross between the Honda creation and a Real Doll, then yeah, I'm pretty damned sure this thing would make me right happy in my old age....
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
Viagra and Britneybots? Surely you mean sledgehammer and Britneybots. Though Willowbots are something that I could get very excited about.
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Our mission is complete
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Aibo is cheaper everytime.
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
For when the metal ones decide to come for you... and they will!
(Low bandwidth one here.)
Saturday Night Live was hilarious especially getting Sam Waterston to narrate. But still with robot lawnmowers selling in the surbaban marketplace I know I'd feel more comfortable about buying one if I knew I was protected from liability if the thing strays into my neighbors yard and takes out a 2 year old playing in her sandbox.
It's only a matter of time before this kind of thing shows up in the newspapers. And if it doesn't happen to me I'll piss myself laughing at every headline.