He immediately thought it would be a fantastic product for "some of our isolated and lonely older adults that are already ... Pets include not only robotic cats and dogs, but also birds ...

Study participants smiled and talked to their robotic cats and expressed sentiments such as, “the cat is looking at me like someone who listens to me and loves me.” ...

Built to challenge a cat, or perhaps merely to tease it, Sourino is a robotic mouse built with common off-the-shelf parts. A test subject appears unamused. So named for the combination of Souris ( ...

“Pets for older adults tend to mitigate isolation and ... Yvonne Gathers and Rose Watkins sat around a table with a robotic cat and dog, giggling as they reacted to their touch and voice.