Robot Dogs

It's been a little while since Sony's robot dog, Aibo, has been off the market. Now there is a new robot dog, Genibo, from South Korea's Dasatech. Apparently it's 30cm tall, weighs 1.5kg, and can understand 100 commands. It has Bluetooth technology to interact with a computer, a camera built into it's snout for it to act as a watchdog, and it can manuever around objects by itself. It's not yet available, but if Aibo costed around $2000 a pop, Genibo should be expected to be quite pricey too.

Ok so all of these robot dogs are a great testament to the advancement of technology, but they will never replace a real live dog. Can robot dogs snuggle up and keep you warm while you're sleeping on the couch? Can they eat up the food scraps that drop on to the floor while you're making dinner? Or what about personality? Everyone knows robots don't have any personality. You just can't replace the real thing.