On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote: > At 03:45 PM 12/22/2012, Harry Veeder wrote: > > >> yeah your right, a leash works on beings with feelings...this thing >> doesn't feel. > > > It could easily be made to feel a leash. But you also want autonomy. I.e., > the leader, even if using a leash, which would be connected to a sensor that > detect the leash pulling and how it pulls, can't be involved with every > footstep.
By feelings, I mean it doesn't experience emotions or desires that might cause it to wander. Over the centuries a leash has proven an effective means of directing an animal's spirit. If a robot fails to perform according to plan, the designers and/or user must locate the cause of failure in their own ignorance. They can never claim a failure is consequence of the robot having diverging plans from their own. Harry
