Fantastic Rube Goldberg-esque dog-petting machine

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/02/07/fantastic-rube-goldberg-esque.html

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[OWYAC]

I dare them to try it with a cat.

[GulliverFoyle]

If I made something like this for our dog, one of our cats would crouch in the corning hissing at it while the other figured out how to destroy it.

[timd]

The position of the tail should tell them something.

The second they go out that dog is going to eat part of it.

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

@GulliverFoyle

while the other figured out how to destroy it.

My cat would just focus on the destruction of the person responsible for it.

[MaiqTheLiar]

Psst, this isn’t “for the dog.”

[generic_name]

The gears look great. The dog looks unimpressed.

[Boundegar]

Too bad for small dog. Big dog gets all the pets.

[PPK]

They made that funky contraption, but couldn’t make a ‘hop up’ stool for the little guy? Pffft. Amateurs.

[GiantRobotPilot]

“Please get me out of here.”

[Cunk]

Why would anyone build a machine that performs the most enjoyable part of interacting with a dog?

What’s next? A robot that eats your ice cream? That admires a stunning sunset? That has sex with you?

[thekaz]

and here I’ve been manually petting my dog like a fool!

[stefanjones]

"I INSIST ON WARM PRIMATE HANDS.

RUB THE BELLEH PRIMATE.

LOWER.

LOWER.

OH GOD NOT THERE YOU FREAK."

[FGD135]

Nah, this is:
“I worry about you. Constantly.”