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[Bud Brewster]

Jordan Correa works in Mircrosoft's robotics research group, so naturally he doesn't pay some boring human dog walker to take care of his dog, Darwin.

His robot does that. And Jordan controls it directly from his job at Microsoft.

The Darwinbot rolls around the house, plays with Darwin, throws a ball across the living room for the pooch (and retrieves it with a robot arm to reload the throwing arm), dispenses doggie treats, and keeps a careful eye on things with three -- count 'em, three -- built-in cameras.

Jordan can even talk to Darwin from his computer at work, using the built-in speakers!

Jeez, I'm almost tempted to get a dog and a job, just so I can sit at work and play with my robot and my mutt, back home in the living room!


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

Here's the episode of Outrageous Acts of Science which has the segment about the Darwinbot that takes care of the inventor's dog while he's working in the Microsoft robotics research lab.

It's a bit better than the other YouTube clips I found. This is segment #14 at the 12:15 mark of the episode.



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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)