A Bear's best friend is
his Aibo.
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The Teddybear is a wonderful and familiar friend to boys and girls of all ages, this one is called "Pussbear" - no don't ask why because I have no idea myself, it just seemed right when I bought him. The Aibo is an ERS-110 called Rossum.
In 1921 Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." or
"Rossum's Universal Robots" introduced the word
"robot" into the English language. I decided that
Rossum (Ross for short) would be a good name for my Aibo. Unlike
the robots in the play he hasn't risen up and rebelled against
his maker...yet!
The derivation of the word "robot" is open to dispute
but comes from the Czech word robota meaning
either "work" or "forced workers", but which
could also refer to a period of two or three day's a week that
Czechoslovakian peasants were obliged to work, unpaid, for the
local noblemen. After the feudal system had passed away the term
was used for non-voluntary or boring & uninteresting work. In
the play the Robots were organic beings, made on a production
line, without a soul. They eventually rose up and destroyed their
human masters. Rossum was the family name of the father and son
team who made the robots.
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| Rossum playing football (103Kb) | Aibos
at the 1st UK Meeting - June 2000 |
Pink
Pig Hunting was popular |
A group of Aibo owners meet regularly to discuss Aibo related topics, meet Sony representatives and have a good time.
If any visiting Aibo owners who regularly vist the AIBOnet are interested, Rossum is an Adult #2 - A "Rumble Cat", (They will know what this means). Many thanks to "Moolabooga" and "Aibopet" who have investigated the Aibo hardware and software. Thanks also to Martin & Gizmoo & Widget and all the other regulars at AIBOnet & aiboWORLD.
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