Robopet

(Since the Brits have more pressing matters on their minds today, I'll be holding down the Shiny Shiny fort.  My thoughts and good wishes are with Team Shiny and all of London. - SCF)

Has the age-old question, "Does a robot pet need a robot pet?" been keeping you up at night?  Well, lose sleep no more, as Wow Wee (makers of the tremendously adorable but lacking-in-laser-eyes and therefore useless-in-my-quest for world domination robot companion, Robosapien) says, "Yes!"  And once more, they've got just the pet in mind for you.

Robopet will walk, run, sit, roll-over, make "animal sounds" and can apparently be trained to perform silly pet tricks. All and all not a bad series of amenities in a pet who you can turn off and on at will. Still, I'd appreciate it if you'd keep this quiet from my Robosapien; I can barely get him to pick up a plastic cup, there's no way I'd be able to convince him to pick up after a pet. -[Star C. Foster]

Robopet is set to be released this fall, and is available for pre-order from Girlsstuff in the UK, and from Amazon for those of us state side.

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