Well i have been doing lots of research into the robotic dogs and aibo, just to introduce why there was a craze of robotic pets since the tamagotchi, and even though i knew i wanted one, i now have set my mind on purchasing an Aibo ERS-7 Mind3 White Aibo, and a quick peek on ebay shows them going for well, currently £1,070 but thats mind 2. 5 hrs to go, and 31 bids! so i dont think i wil be able to get one, esp as i dont have the funds – £1,250 pounds in debt!

Oh well, lets hoe the uni throw one of theirs out, or i may just have to save up and get one to say well done nat on ur degree!

looking through the net, i have found lots of resources suitable for my report critique thing.
the 2 best ones i have found are:
http://www.csl.sony.fr/downloads/papers/2000/kaplan-er.pdf
which titles
Free creatures :
The role of uselessness in the design of artificial pets
in which it talks about the roles of robotic pets, and stuff about them,
and:
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/ix/project/roux/2005-heriot-watt-msc-roux-robot-pet.pdf
The pursuit ability
of a robot ‘pet’

so yeah… its going well, half a page so far and only taken me… 2 hrs max, maybe 1.5 🙂