Do robots have feelings?

[KenWittlief]

Feelings seems like the easy part. In a way dont we have stuff now that tells us how it feels?

My car tells me when it doesnt 'feel good' by flashing a 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' light on the dashboard, and when its feeling low on energy by blinking the 'LOW FUEL' light

my PDA and laptop tell me when they are feeling run down and need to be plugged in to recharged.

Life as we know it is a little more challenging. Things that are living can:

1. generate their own fuel or find it
2. self repair
3. self replicate (with error detection and correction).

Robots like the Roomba can find a wall plug or their charging station when they are low on energy, thats similar to #1 on the list. Now picture a Roomba like device that can repair itself when it falls down the stairs, and can build a duplicate of itself when it realizes it cannot keepup with its work all by itself.