[dba-Tech] Robotic cats, etc.

[Stuart McLachlan]

Your initial premise is false. The vast majority of robots are not mammalian or arachnoid in 
appearance. However form follows function and nature worked out  long ago that arms and 
legs are very useful appendages for land dwelling entities regardless of what Class of the  
Kngdom Animalia that they occupy, not just mammalia and arachnids... 

(Arachnopods are a science fiction creation. I presume you meant arachnids?)

On 22 May 2019 at 11:00, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> One aspect of robotics that completely escapes me is the need to make
> them similar to mammals and arachnopods (not insects, since they have
> 8 legs not 6); i.e. the presumption that such bots will need legs
> capable of climbing a staircase, and arms capable of opening a can of
> pork&beans using either their very sharp nails or perhaps a convention
> can-opener. I want to question the central premise...