This $45,000 robot dog can sense your emotions

This $45,000 robot dog tin can sense your emotions

(Image credit: Koda)

Nothing quite beats the companionship of your ain pet, merely that hasn't stopped companies from trying to replicate it in robot form. The latest is Koda's AI-powered robot domestic dog.

Information technology may not look much like an actual dog, but this robo-pooch has been designed to socially collaborate with its owner. That includes being able to sense how you're feeling, much like a existent dog. Though information technology does toll about $45,000.

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Koda is able to practice tasks by using a "blockchain-enabled decentralized AI infrastructure." While that sounds similar someone tried to cram all the buzzwords they could think of into a single judgement, this plain ways Koda can solve complex problems and learn new skills.

Blockchain's decentralized nature should, in theory, likewise help proceed user data private and make the Koda'south database difficult to hack.

The launch video promises that Koda can do all those things you might expect a dog to practise, including acting as a family companion, seeing-eye dog and a baby-sit dog. Information technology also promises that it can act as a "powerful supercomputer that tin can solve circuitous issues."

Considering how far-fetched that last claim sounds, we did check the calendar to see if April 1st had snuck upwards on u.s.a.. And then again, this affair is $45,000, and then who knows what sort of hardware it has lurking underneath that shiny gray shell.

The domestic dog itself comes with 3D depth cameras on the front and sides of its body, while a 13MP camera tin have high-quality photos. Information technology as well packs in a loftier resolution display, an array of sensors including four "foot forcefulness sensors", a impact-sensitive head, and loudspeakers on each side. Koda can also reportedly recognize voiceprints with 97% accuracy. It also sounds like Wall-E from the looks of things, which is pretty damn cute.

While it could be easy to dismiss Koda, peculiarly with the high price, the idea of a robot companion is pretty audio. We're living in an historic period where people don't go much contiguous contact, and having a robot companion could hands be one style to beat loneliness. That, and you lot don't have to worry near it peeing on your couch.

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