"The findings suggest caution in assuming that a robot pet or robot-assisted therapy can be an effective substitute for a living companion animal or animal assisted therapy... said the researchers in the study."
During a focus group interview, one fourth-grader told the researchers, "I could take Aibo to school and with me everywhere."
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"However, the robot still seemed to have more "limited" interactive capabilities than a real four-legged friend, according to the children's responses."
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"There are about 218 million pets living in the United States, not counting pet fish."
"...the researchers discovered that the children in the study viewed the robot as a social companion in a similar way to which they viewed the living dogs."
"...with a Sony robotic dog toy, called Aibo..."
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