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A Robot Dog for a Very Special Purpose 🦮 | What The Future
Tombot designed its robot dog for mental and emotional connection, as well as medical monitoring. 0:00 Intro 0:28 Tombot Collab 0:49 How to clean 1:14 CEO interview #1 1:46 Jenny is a medical device 1:57 CEO interview #2 2:24 Outro Add CNET as a trusted news source Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser…
@Greymalkimn
January 6, 2026 at 7:06 pm
It is a soulless machine/tool.
But for some that seem to be enough, with a tool like this.
@SynthOSphere
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 pm
This dog is not only good for Dementia or Alzheimer’s patients… My son is allergic to dog saliva (and fur) and was SUPER happy to see Jenny, hoping he might be able to finally get a dog one day. Thank you!
@Fran3490-c2t
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 pm
This is scary. Don’t listen to those CEO who tell you that robots and AI are wonderful. They will sell you artificial love with a membership, they will prey on lonely people and on those who are psychologically vulnerable, they will turn our societies into living nightmares to make a profit. Stay strong, resist and fight those giant American tech companies.
@netscrooge
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 pm
Our society is already a living nightmare focused on making profit. Finding new ways of helping people might make things better.
@Fran3490-c2t
January 6, 2026 at 7:44 pm
@netscrooge Soon they will enter our homes, our heads, our hearts and our wallets. AI will become family members, friends, lovers…as long as you keep paying your membership of course. It will be the end of human interactions, the end of human litterature, music and arts. If you think we live in a nightmare now, you haven’t seen anything yet. ChatGPT is just the beginning of a very dark and soulless story
@Aragorn7884
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 pm
um, if they want to make it life-like they should give it eyelids…
@nicknorthcutt7680
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 pm
That would probably be uncanny valley or kind of creepy
@nicknorthcutt7680
January 6, 2026 at 7:57 pm
I think if its sole purpose is to help people and it isn’t just another subscription based platform, then i don’t see it as a bad thing
@Dr.StephenFalken
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 pm
Ah great. A surveillance camera with fur.