What affects us affects cats
Here’s the reality check on the viral Wuffy Robot Dog-type products and the much-seen media around them 🍖🐕🦺… 🎥 Are real dogs used in the ads? Yes — and that’s exactly part of the issue. The promotional media you’ve likely seen (very cute dogs walking, responding to people, seeming almost alive) isn’t footage of …
The Times calls this a ‘robot cat that will nip your fingers’. I prefer the word “nibble”. They mean different things. Nibbling is gentler and a friendly form of interaction whereas a nip is a minor bite in my book. Sorry but I think The Times got that wrong. Please click on the link …
Realistic, high quality robotic cats and dogs have been around for quite a long time now. It’s interesting that you could claim that robotic cats and dogs are better than the real thing with the right person. I don’t know of any research on the subject so I’m going to think aloud while writing …
