As seniors find themselves cut off from loved ones during the pandemic, some are turning to automated animals for company. I’m reading about Virtual Assistants and thinking that in some ways the simplest VAs are the robopets that are being given to lonely elderly people who are isolated. See In Isolating Times, Can Robo-Pets Provide … Continue reading In Isolating Times, Can Robo-Pets Provide Comfort? – The New York Times