A Layperson's View of Future Technology and Society
Robotic pets
Your first interactive robot may be a cyberpet. They are much easier to cuddle up to, then their humanoid counterparts.
Robot pets have the potential to be useful in many ways. Some robopets are being used to remind the elderly to take their medication. In Japan, robotic pets are being used as companions.
Pet Robot
This realistic lion cub robot from the WowWee Alive™ series has
blinking eyes, an animated mouth and an internal micro-controller with
recorded lion cub sounds.
Lion cub's sensor's are activated when you pet or hold it and will
purr and mew.
Probo
Initially developed as a robotic friend for hospitalized children, Probo is more than just a toy, it is an intelligent and huggable robot, having a personality of its own. Probo uses sensors for vision, audio and touch to interact. By means of artificial intelligence, Probo is capable of understanding and expressing emotions.
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Robot Pet Articles, Blogs and Web Sites
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| Title | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Emotional robot pets | Science Daily | 09/10 |
| 10 Robotic Pets That Deserve to Live in the White House | io9 | 11/08 |
| What's the point of robot pets? | Dan's Data | 08/08 |
| The Smartest Robot Pet Yet | PopSci | 04/06 |
| Move Over, Rover: Robotic Pet Can Be Best Friend | Live Science | 01/06 |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Bunny files nails | Flickr video |
| Dasarobot | Robots from this Korean company include Genibo, the bullterrier (retail site) |
| List of robotic dogs | Wikipedia |
| PARO | Therapeutic robotic baby seal from Japan |
| PLEO | Autonomous robotic pet dinosaur |
| Tekno the Robotic Puppy | Shows inner workings of a robot pet |
| Top Selling Pet Robots In Action | PetsDo |
| The Huggable | MIT teddy bear robot companion |
| WowWee | Robot pets (retail site) |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Robotic Pets | Article by ffa Image courtesy of mikewade |
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