Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/04/30/meet-sparkles-the-robot-dog-who-definitely-isnt-going-to-murder-you.html
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The best part is that Sparkles doesn’t need treats for training, just launch codes.
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Considering the fiercely loyal attachment to their old Aibos I witnessed in some friends back when you could still get parts for them, I’m somewhat surprised I haven’t seen these out there as a pet-substitute already, but I live in a suburban area. For those of you who live in cities, are these (checks) ~$3k toys gaining the same popularity, with people taking them out for walks and treating them as if they were emotional animals?
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Sparkles compared to the furby dogbot looks like an angel.
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So there are second career paths for Muppet performers!
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Obligatory:
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That video needs the Corridor Crew to add some explosions to it.
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I want to see it in a realistic dog costume, rather than this cartoonish version, and taken to the park to see what real dogs make of its doggie movements mimicry.
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It certainly wouldn’t fool any dogs if it didn’t smell right.
I was recently at a big puppet event in Los Angeles and there were a few skilled puppeteers who had marionette dogs walking around. Despite the lifelike movements, real dogs were generally very uninterested. Sometimes they’d take a quick sniff, then immediately move on checking out people and objects that were more interesting to them.
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Fetch the “football” Sparky.
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It’s not fooling anyone. 
Instead of an OFF swtich, maybe the “fur” smells like something that would really make Sparkles live up to its name…
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Where’s Kristi Noem when you need her?
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If she’d taken one of these to the gravel pit, no one would have minded.
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It will only murder us on its first day. We will be perfectly safe for the remainder of its term.
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