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Yeah. That's considerably cheaper than most pets, taken as a lifetime investment (no tins of food/vaccinations/trips to the vet to pay for.)
And Sony are doing a year's interest-free credit on them in the UK at the moment - it works out at about £120/month, or 30 quid a week.

Wow. I thought I was splurging when I got a Roomba for Christmas. It was on sale for $159.00 US. I named him Sven. He doesn't talk, but my carpet is clean.

I will still take my dog..even with the carpet accidents, the shedding in my bed, oh, and my cats not bad either. Can't beat the love from a pet

Can't beat the love from a pet

True. We've got cats too (as well as lizards and assorted invertebrates) and I'd love to see how they'd react to an AIBO. I've already got a robopet (http://www.robopetonline.com/), which 2 cats hate, 1 is unimpressed, and 1 actually seems to like - she follows it around, and when it does its roll over + play dead truck, she pokes it with her nose until it gets up

Yeah. You can't cuddle with a robot. Nothing beats puppies.

Though there was some serious competition yesterday when a tiny sweet baby goat wandered up to me and tried to adopt me as his other mom and kept cuddling up to me and sucking on my sleeve. I may be doing an independent study thing with them for psychology credits if the lady who owns them gets permission from the university.

I got the robosapien for Christmas last year, and my dog didn't really care...

Hi! I have a quick question before I go back to fixing my ship... everyone i talk too keeps mentioning leeds, leeds kids and leeds bots. I don't get it. So i wanna know please! What is with all this leeds talk?? Im SO confused!!! ... .. ... and has anyone seen a Corgous wrench anywhere??

My cat killed a Furby....

I bought the robopet for my 4 year old sister for hannukah. she seems to love it, but I have to admit I was dissapointed with the level of AI built into the thing. Then again, the robopet was crafted more as a child's toy then an artificially intelligent robot...

Kids from Leeds in the UIK were flooding this site, just to chat, and they didn't appear very bright... Leeds Bot was built in their honour...

Strange...I wonder if any of them will ever talk to me! I wonder if i even want them too... Oh! theres that wrench! ok back to work! thanks!

I have to admit I was dissapointed with the level of AI built into the thing. Then again, the robopet was crafted more as a child's toy then an artificially intelligent robot
Yeah, it doesn't compare to the AIBO, but of course it is about 1/30 of the price. I bought it mostly to hack. I've already fitted a second IR port on his back (so I can control it from any angle,) and I'm going to get working on a second edge detector in its butt (so it won't back off edges,) and voice recognition for commands (see http://www.robotsrule.com/html/robopet-videos.php - very cool indeed )
It's a shame he's a little too weak to carry my OQO pocket computer on his back, or I'd try bypassing his brain entirely and patching him into HomieGate or somesuch.