We all are eagerly looking forward to the arriving of true intelligent age,but wait for a while, rather than a future decorating with some not-so-smart and small sized wheeled truck. In the passage, author mentioned that this kind of robot can bring some benefits to the attractions of offline stores and for this part I hold a negative opinion. The population of online shopping is not the outcome of heavy goods they purchased in the stores but the nature of laziness which of course consists of the power source to drive the technology developments. What, if you take the crowed in the narrow mall into consideration, will happen to the mechanical pet which even not so flexible and soft compared with vivid pets having blood and muscle. Even though your walker is intelligent enough to avoid other humans but it is hard to predict what a dynamic guy will do especially for the active children.
When you are reading here you may want to question me with that streetwalker is inherently designed to provide service during his master is stepping on the pavements while not in indoor shopping. Fairly, the robot can supply some extra strength for weak people. However that is just a relatively good choice for short-distance shopping. As for long-ride purchase you will have to drive you car or whatever other means and taking a streetwalker is just like taking a extra strength while showing appealing appearance. As my common sense tell me Americans or people from other developed country who can afford this iron toys have a high probability to be classified as the latter case.
It is not the technology that lacking of charm but for the time being it is so immature that it can't suit the requirements of our real life applications. Maybe more advanced AI techniques will bolster the technology's healthy.
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