CUPERTINO, Calif. | The elderly woman cooed softly and stroked the soft white fur of the creature in her lap, while it raised its head, batted its dark eyes and made a friendly mewing sound in return.

I’m unsure if it’s really the first ‘animal therapy robot,’ but the PARO is almost certainly a seal, which are not only cute, but very delicious. There isn’t much in the way of details on Akihabara ...

To ensure that Paro robots are used properly, the Danish Technological Institute (DT!) has a one-day certification course for caregivers. The course covers ethics of Paro use, as well as approved ...

Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

Watch Japanese nursing-home residents interact with Paro, a baby seal pet-therapy robot. Fed's Powell on Rate Cut: 'Risks to Inflation Are Tilted to the Upside' ...

An exhibition in Osaka, central Japan, has assembled a hall of fame for Japanese tech products, with hits including Sony’s Walkman and Aibo, an original Tranformer toy, and Paro the baby seal robot on ...