Ludobot

Ludobot

A ludobot is a type of artificial human companion: an entertainment robot, from Latin "ludo" (play) and "bot" (robot).

Examples are battlebots, Sony Aibo, [http://www.tigertoys.com Tiger Toys] "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.

ee also

* Ifbot
* QRIO
* Wakamaru
* Banryu
* ASIMO
* home robot

External links

* [http://allrobots.com/article.php3?id_article=17 Ifbot] from [http://www.business-design.co.jp Business Design Laboratory] .
* [http://www.mhi.co.jp/enews/e_0936.html Mitsubishi Wakamaru] .
* [http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/0211news-e/1106-e.html Sanyo-Tmsuk Banryu] .


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