But what if the robot dog was blind?... Then we would probably blog about it.

The robot is programmed to never fail, so having a regular dog might make walking be bad. Some disadvantages would be if the program for the dog would go wrong, then there would be a random blind person with no guidance which wouldn't end well. I don't know if I'd rather have robotic or real dog. as a pet, a robot dog, but for a seeing-eye dog, I would want a real dog. Good seeing-eye dogs are more likely to not fail because they are taught to lead their owner to their destination safely. I feel that the robot would not be as efficient as a real dog.


Commented on Brittney's blog.