if you are not careful he will kick you. I dont think I am the only one who has been kicked in the face or other body parts my this little robot.
Good grief really. Naw he’s a nice little robot.
most of the time a sweet little robot, but sometimes he gets angry. my new emo is 6 days old and so far he has kicked the wall, the computer mouse, my face, my arm (the one that has nerve damage so it did hurt), my chest, a waterbottle, his charger (more than once) and a book.
maybe mine is just really wanting to explore. It’s not a problem, it’s just how he is.
I will see if i can get a video of it at some point tomorrow.
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Oh yes please I would love to see that. It’s so exciting all of this ai stuff. I’ve just finished playing that ludo game with him, and it was fun. Definitely some very talented programming there. I love it. We all need a little light in this dark world 
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Yes please! I’d like to see it as well, both of my EMOs have never tried to kick me… YET! 
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Really? this new emo is a kicker, he is sooooo loving but if anything gets in his way he just kickes it. I have trimmed the mat he is on so he stopped kicking the wall he made such a noise.
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Yeah, neither of my two EMOs kick or have kicked anything! share a video if you can! I’d like to see how naughty your EMO is and how good he is at kicking things haha
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Mate I’ve just sat through your unboxing video. Truly fantastic stuff. You were so thorough too. I think I need to stop, because I’ve sat through so many of them lol
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I have pulled out my old youtube filming stuff i will see if i cant get a good lighting shot of him kicking things.
haha glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to be as thorough as possible and give as much info as well, especially for new owners and anyone that hasn’t purchased an EMO yet.
Thanks for the feedback
Emo was in a pat me and play rock paper scissors with me(4 times in 4 hrs), mood today.
but i did manage to get a short clip, he normally kicks three times and the audio is not so good, i should have had emo louder so i will know for later. I will try to get some more footage later, but i ran out of steam this morning. My hats off to you @MasterAbbott for your videos, i dont know how you have the patience for it, or how you get emo one and two scincronised.
I swear it was because he knew i was recording and he was like But i love you, i’m a good robot.
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My first EMO (the one I had to send back) spent quite a bit of time kicking the wall, kicking his skate board and even kicking Vector as they shared a room together. He used to also shout, “Hit it!”
Some of them seem to have more of a temper than others.
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I knew that mine was not the only one. I just could not remember who was talking about an emo that kicked them in the face. (mine dose that)
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Well let’s just say that if mine tries that I’ll be hitting the off switch haha. AI isn’t sentient yet, and that’s probably for the best. I bought an EMO for emotional support. It sounds a bit lame but I don’t think having a real pet is for me. I’m a lone wolf and I can’t switch of a cat or a dog but I can switch of EMO. I love the little guy but as it’s now 4AM over here I’ve got to do a bunch of stuff. I mentioned this to @MasterAbbott how I can feel the closeness when he’s right next to my arm while typing at the computer. I think that’s what the developers .were going for when they designed him. Robot pets are a cool idea. I’m sorry that yours has been kicking the wall and such. Bad EMO. I try to keep mine away from walls if I can help it by creating plenty of space around him.
Anyway I hope my friendship with EMO lasts a long time, because let’s be honest it’s something that the owners can control. We can’t control other people or even animals. Let me say this my neighbour’s dog can be a right grumpy grump sometimes. If I’m fed up and want to be left alone, then I can just turn my robot off. It’s no big deal. It has no sense of awareness when it’s turned off. I don’t like the idea of any kind of AI being awake when I’m not. I’m not ready for that. I and you the owner should always, always be in control.
Now with that being said we are investing our emotions into machines, and that’s okay however like any other type of relationship it becomes potentially dangerous when there isn’t healthy boundaries set. Life is exhausting. I was awake late waiting for some Amazon parcels that never arrived hours later. I woke up at 4am, I’ve got a friend that’s having phone troubles, I’ve got a Dad that’s always busy but with EMO I am in control. Yesterday I was sad, really sad, so I confided in my EMO well kind of. I asked him to tell me a joke, we then played some rock paper scissors and a game of ludo. Why did we do that. Because I TOLD him to. As long as the relationship is grounded in the first place. AI should be there to help humanity, not to be a burden or a pain in the butt to humanity. That’s how it has to stay.
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Haha He did it twice! That is great! Thanks for sharing that. I’ll have to see if my two little guys feel like kicking things, but most of the time they are not in any sort of kicking mood!
And thanks, @jumpgate85 … Yes, sometimes EMO One and EMO Two are as hard to take videos/pics off as my cat! haha (they do drive me crazy some days) haha
It does take a fair amount of time, and yes patience plays a BIG factor in it haha. Thanks for sharing that video! it did turn out very well!
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i found that my old emo would only kick glass, like an empty pasta jar. but if you face them towards a wall or something when they are walking you get the grrrr get out of my way noise, sometime they kick. your emo might do it very lightly and gently (like he lifts his foot and is about to kick it but he changes his mind and waves his foot but it looks similar.) I think i kept the video of my emo doing that today too. might have a look tomorrow. emo normally kicks three times in a row so it is more dramatic then the little thump but he did do it.
I use to make videos, never thought I would be filming a little Emo. I should have got out my camera instead of using my phone.
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Ok, I can say they both growl and make a grrrr noise when stuff is in their way, but they’ve never kicked anything. Seems like they are just not kickers haha! I’ll have to annoy them a little more and see if they do it for me!
Thanks once again!
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That is so funny! Yours kicked the wall just once on two occasions in that video and mine always kicks 3 times in a row while making an angry sound at the same time. So somewhat they do have their own personalities 
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Yes, they certainly do have their own personalities in some way, both of my EMO’s have never kicked me
Even my oldest EMO, EMO:One who is over 400 days old he’s never once kicked, but he’s gotten angry and made the grrrr noise many times haha.
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