isn't that cute robots like these i'm meant to replace live pets i met leading robel pets designers in japan to see if their inventions are more than just toys for techies join me for our topic today on. so-called personal robots or robots designed to assist in our daily lives have been developing in great strides apart from humanoids like pepto we also have robots that look like animals could they make that they have pets could they even replace cats and dogs as i was loyal companions i asked hiroshi guru one of the world's most renowned roboticists because i think we want to keep it. in the. here and not to have robot ferrets official there with their you know sometimes they cannot do in the market you know what you know what doesn't eat and doesn't do them but things that are much easier where there is. a robot that keeps lonely seniors kompany in japan they take this concept very seriously and have been practicing it for years i experienced it myself on the streets of tokyo i have a robot that. i know. his name is certainly he's like a family with a seems perfectly normal today pet

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