If a person does want to enjoy a furry companion every so often but not worry about feeding, walking or cleaning up after a pet, the Sony
robotic dog, Aibo could be just the
tech invention to meet the need.
Here's a surprise turn of events: SoftBank — maker of the friendly Pepper robot and a major M&A player in the
tech world — has just announced that it is acquiring two more
robotics companies from Google owner Alphabet as part of its own deeper move into the field: it is buying Big
Dog developer Boston Dynamics and the secretive bipedal
robotics firm Schaft.