I genuinely could not tell if this was a parody/satire or not, I think because the aesthetic reminds me of how a product like this would be presented in a horror movie or something
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#113Surprised with the price, a similar form factor that I know of is even more expensive https://shop.xgorobot.com/products/xgo-rider-world-s-first-d... (Chinese but since it's esp32 and raspberry pi it is possible to tinker with it) I wonder what's the catch? Cheap IMU/motors?
No catch. Loss leader
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#114Does it work locally? I don't want to have a camera robot in child's room
Yes! At least Reachy can be run fully offline so don’t see why Ducky can’t
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#115It looks cool no doubt, but i would be concerned about privacy.
If it’s anything like Reachy, can run it fully offline inc inference
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looking through the advertising. > Through communication, Moflin’s emotional state changes. Your robot companion can show joy, sadness, and happiness, reacting just like a living creature would. Moflin does not possess actual emotions like humans do. Their emotional expressions are simulated by AI. And lots of bits of the advert seems to be explain how it's not real in the QA and that everything is a simulation. I ha…
> Your robot companion can show joy, sadness, and happiness, reacting just like a living creature would. Seems like a lie to me. Compare: > Our synthetic foodstuffs can taste sweet, salty, tart or tangy, delicious flavors just like natural ingredients. (But then it's all aspartame, etc.)
I don’t know what you are on about. Can the robot exhibit signs of the emotions described? If it can then the sentence is not a lie. If it can’t then it is a lie. Are you saying that it won’t do what the sentence says?
The sentence is not saying “it is a living creature”. It says it behaves as one. How much of that sentence is a lie obviously depends on how well the robot works.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
i bought one about a year ago and used it for 20 days or so. Then I realised casio offered a full money back return for 30 days. And sorry little moflin your emotions were not real enough for me to want to keep you vs get $400 back.
They do look cute, but $400 is steep.
it wears off quick.
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#118It's not worth it if you can't have a swarm of them that debate philosophy in their off time.
I'm not giving it that freedom. The limit of my interaction with it will be
It: "What is my purpose?"
Me: "You pass butter."
It: "Oh My God"
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#119thought this said something else at first
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#120The Sony Aibo we never got