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Robot guide dog is the worst

Regular dogs, breathe easy

Robot guide dog is the worst
07 November 2011

Thanks to robots, it's a pretty scary time for us all.

Those reckless, innovative tech-types keep trying to desperately replace humans, animals and inanimate objects with damn robots. But, it's stories like this which restore some hope in our sad, fractured hearts.

Hoping to needlessly wipe out those selfless guide dogs, engineers have created the android equivalent. However, despite this being the third prototype, NSK's robo-dog is mostly incompetent.

Travelling up the stairs at a speed that would frustrate a turtle, it's not going to be causing any sleepless nights for real dogs any time soon...

(Image: YouTube)