Smaller than a ping-pong ball, these darling females are all ready for adoption. They live in separate habitats. They are ...

Mecho-pets such as the catbot is easier for many people -- the elderly, the allergy-stricken, the autistic and disabled children and adults -- to relate to than a real cat.

These cuddly little bundles of wire are the perfect pet for owners who want to avoid the piddle and still embrace the fluff. SlateV.com reporter Daniel Engber takes this year’s most popular robo ...

Some even spoke with and cooed over the robo-pets. The study’s authors believe that this engagement alone can be incredibly beneficial to the patients’ psychological well-being.

Since 2018, NYSOFA has distributed 31,500 robo-pets in partnership with Ageless Innovation to older adults who are socially isolated and lonely.

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We trained a robot dog to balance and walk on top of a yoga ball purely in simulation, and then transfer zero-shot to the real world. No fine-tuning. Just works. I’m excited to announce DrEureka ...

Having a pet is strange to most of my friends in rural Kenya. For them, cats and dogs are workers. The work of cats is to keep mice at bay and the work of dogs is to stand guard.