Real dog -vs- Robot dog

[progressoid]

[Yavin4]

1. That dog's name? John Connor n/t

[shenmue]

2. Rarf!

[hibbing]

3. That scares the daylights out of me

That robot is major creepy.

Peace

[hunter]

4. It needs a prehensile trunk, like an elephant...

... so it can explore and manipulate it's environment.

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A German automation company has come up with a new design for a flexible robotic arm, taking inspiration from the trunk of an elephant.

Festo, based in Denkendorf in Germany, worked with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation in Stuttgart to design the robotic arm, known as the "Bionic Handling Assistant," as a project of Festo’s Bionic Learning Network. The arm was designed specifically to be safe when interacting with humans, which the company believes will make it useful in locations such as medical centers, manufacturing plants, mechanical repair workshops, schools, and in the home.

--more--

http://phys.org/news/2010-11-robotic-arm-elephant-trunk-video.html

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But adding robot arms and hands to it, like a centaur... now that would be creepy!