Ludobot
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A ludobot is a type of artificial human companion: a play and entertainment robot, from Latin ludo (play) and bot (robot).
Examples are battlebots, Sony Aibo, Tiger Toys (http://www.tigertoys.com) GoGo My So Real Walking Pup and so on.
Simpler is a digital pet, a virtual pet simulated by a computer. Examples are Neopets, Tamagotchis, or Digipets.
See also: Ifbot, Qrio, Wakamaru, Banryu, Asimo, home robot.
External links
- Ifbot (http://allrobots.com/article.php3?id_article=17) from Business Design Laboratory (http://www.business-design.co.jp).
- Mitsubishi Wakamaru (http://www.mhi.co.jp/enews/e_0936.html).
- Sanyo-Tmsuk Banryu (http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/0211news-e/1106-e.html).Template:Toys-stub