Considerable report on how Japan is still using the Aibo robot dog for eldercare and companions. We saw it in Japan during its earliest roll-out, then there was much touting of its value at the time, in its ability to relate to emotions and be a companion. Personally I did not see that then , it was very primitive in natural language processing or emotion detection. It was more its form and cute-ness that led to interaction. Then it seemed to founder, then got off our radar. But it seems there is still much interest, at least in Japan. The idea has been brought back by assistants.
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