Skateboarding AIBO

psyconaut writes "Sony continues it's line of robotic pets with a new accessory: a $249 skateboard! Why on earth you'd actually want your AIBO to zoom around on a skateboard is another question. The U.S. AIBO site has it here, but the thing looks more impressive on the Japanase AIBO site. Other new AIBO products also seem to include, FINALLY, a self charging station so AIBO can feed himself."

Comments

Re:i dont get it?

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

couldnt you get the same effrct with a piece of ply wood and some skateboard wheels?

Not owning one, but I'll still have to say, I highly doubt it. I would think it requires different code of SOME sort. It ONLY propells itself with it's hind legs, and it ONLY controls direction with it's front. 4 legged animals use all four legs for all of that.
We humans control our motion AND direction with only 2 legs.

(no offence to those that may have a physical imperment, of course.)

Re:Seriously, forget AIBO

[FleshWound]

for the price of an AIBO, you would have enough money to feed it for its lifetime.

Er...if $1500 is enough to feed a dog for its entire lifespan, then you:

A) Plan on adopting some rare breed that will only live for about a year.

B) Plan on practically starving the dog, ensuring that it won't last much more than 5 years or so (probably much less).

C) Plan on buying REALLY cheap dog food (~25/can if the dog lives to be 15 years old).

My mother-in-law has a dog, and given a 15-year lifespan, I estimate that she will have spent well over $20,000 feeding that idiotic mutt (nothing against dogs in general, just this particular one =) by the time it dies.