Doggie Robot Eases Loneliness In Nursing Home Residents As Well ...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 02/26/2008 - 07:00

A doggie robot works about as well as a real pooch in making nursing home residents feel less lonely, a new study finds.

The researchers compared how residents of three nursing homes interacted with Sparky, a living, medium-sized gentle mutt, and Aibo, a doggie robot once manufactured by Sony that looks like a three-dimensional cartoon.

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