Top 5 Pet Robots

With the evolution of robot technology, the modern robots are becoming more realistic in their design sense and approach. Other than doing the household works, there are robots which can be adopted as pets. There is no fear of allergies nor any trouble feeding them. And as your companion, it won’t betray you, won’t divorce you, won’t die, won’t fall asleep when you want to talk, and they won’t even eat the favorite food out of your refrigerator. Here are top 5 cute pet robots that you’d want to adopt today.

1. Pleo : The pet dinosaur
2. Paro : The pet seal robot
3. Aibo : The intelligent dog
4. Dacky : The healing partner
5. PaPeRo : The companion

1. Pleo

On the outside this Camarasauras is very unrobotic.This doll shaped robot can recognize sounds, sight and touch. It expresses hunger, craves affection, explores its environment, and displays a wide range of emotions. The actions are seemingly spontaneous and unprogrammed. The movements are fluid as it has 8 processors that can handle a collective 60 million calculations per second. Manufacturer Ugobe in Emeryville, California, has made provisions for upgrading the robot through SD card slot or through Web using USB port.

2. Paro : The Pet SealRobot

Modeled after a baby harp seal it can be adopted as a lovely pet. Its entire body is covered in tactile sensors, and its actuators provide it with smooth movement.

3. Aibo : The intelligent dog

This is your dog companion made by Sony. As the name impiles (Artificial Intelligence roBOt) This dog is equipped with artificial intelligence to act like a real dog. It has softwares that allows owners to interact with a fully mature robot which is able to understand 100 voice commands. You can also reprogram them with Sony’s special R-CODE language to teach your pet new behaviours.

4. Dacky the Healing Partner

Other than looking sweet and cute, Dacky can react to petting with the help of its internal sensors. It will ask you about your day, sing karaoke for you and knows 650 Japanese Words.

5. PaPeRo : The companion

This robot was invented by Japanese firm, NEC Corporation with features to interact with people. It can be a good partner to human being and is able to live together with them. They eyes are really twin cameras with face recognition system. Upon finding one, it will start conversation in human speech. Its speech recognition system can identify human voice and detect exactly where the voice is coming from.