Anyone wanting a non-piddler christmas pet might be intersted
in the $2500/$1400 Aibo Robo-Dog from Sony:

http://www.aibo.com/

Alternatively, there is the $39.95 Tekno-Robodog. The schematic
of the dog's brain is rather simple, and may be of interest to
those wanting to connect motors to a uC:

http://www.tekno-robot.com/robotics_head.html

- Dan Michaels
Oricom Technologies
http://www.users.uswest.net/~oricom
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