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Those who have watched the most excellent episode of
Black Mirror entitled Metalhead will know the extent of
the possible future for mechanised dogs. (Boston
Dynamics ref)
Every year Crufts features dogs negotiating a convoluted
obstacle course under the directions of their owners.
There
are tunnels, fences, moats, and walls to
overcome, in a circuit, with accurate completion of all
obstacles along with time taken being the critical
factors.
Crufts Mechanical is a repetition of this exact event only
using robotic dogs that their owners must operate like a
drone via a remote control.
Metalhead
https://www.youtube...watch?v=GM3GM299orc
scary dog [xenzag, Jul 28 2019]
[link]
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Warning - Metalhead video clip is graphic, and reveals part of plot of episode if you've not seen yet. |
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Fully autonomous would be a better objective, but [+] anyway. |
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Would one be allowed to enter a Roomba for the ShitZu class? |
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How do you know when you've got a ShitZu? - because it shits on you! ha |
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What happens when someone sneaks a real
dog in a tin suit? |
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The long tunnel of hungry fleas would quickly
reveal the deception. |
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I'm with [8th of 7]; none of this "remotely operated" stuff. If
your robomutt can't do it alone, off to the pound! (er, scrap-
yard...) |
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// a Roomba for the ShitZu class? // |
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It would be spotted straight away and disqualified - they move around too much, aren't as low to the ground, and perform a useful function. |
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//If your robomutt can't do it alone,// You're
missing the point.... part of the joy of the event is
watching the handler/owner trotting around
awkwardly after their competitive dog. |
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Scary shit. I know for a fact that an average human can subdue a pissed off guard dog with nothing more than a six-pack of beer given no other choice... but robo-dog will need a six-pack of capacitors pre-loaded with multiple discharges and some slick-ass Faraday duds with like a taser whip back-up and some explosive tipped brass knuckles just to make one electronically whimper. |
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[xenzag], that is true... owners should have to do an
obstacle course at the same time. |
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Will there be a TV show called One Man And His Robot Dog, ehere the competitors have to herd Electric Sheep ? |
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Will replicants be allowed to compete ? |
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So the question is, how do you pay in play, or otherwise, the synth dog properly to stop any overlord problems? ( didn't look at clip. Serendipity may connect me to this particular full Mirror episode in the future) |
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