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Humans have been keeping animals as pets for tens of thousands of years, but
Dr
Jean-Loup
Rault,
an
animal
scientist
at
the
University
of
Melbourne
in
Australia,
believes new companions are coming: robot pets.
鈥淭echnology
is
moving
very
fast,鈥?nbsp;
Rault
told
ABC
News,
鈥淭he
Tamagotchi
in
the
early 1990s was really the first robotic pet, and now Sony and other big companies
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This may not sit well with pet lovers. After all, who would choose a plastic toy
over a lovely puppy? But Rault argues that the robotic kind has a lot going for it:
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to feed it, you don鈥檛 have to walk it, it won鈥檛 make a mess in
your
house,
and
you
can
go
on
a
holiday
without
feeling
guilty.鈥?nbsp;
The
technol
ogy
also
benefits those who are allergic to pets, short on space, or fearful of real animals.
It鈥檚 not clear
whether robot pets can replace real ones. But studies do
suggest
that we can bond with these smart machines. People give their cars names and kids
give their toy animals life stories. It鈥檚 the same with robots. When Sony stopped
its
repair
service
for
its
robot
dog
Aibo
in
March
2014,
owners
in
Japan
held
funerals.
As
an
animal
welfare
researcher,
Rault
is
concerned
about
how
robotic
pets
could
affect
our
attitudes
towards
live
animals.
鈥淚f
we
become
used
to
a
robotic
companion
that doesn鈥檛 need food, water or exercises, perhaps it will change how humans care
about other living beings,鈥?nbsp;he said.
So are dogs and cats a thing of the past, as Rault predicts? For those who grew
up
with
living
and
breathing
pets,
the
mechanical
kind
might
not
do.
But
for
our
next
generation who are in constant touch
with smart
technology, a future in
which lovely
pets needn鈥檛 have a heartbeat might not be a far
-fetched dream.
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