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_ As a child raised on the old net, and a lover of all the unique biologies of earth of course, I have been playing pet games as long as I can remember. I have a silver and blue Poo-chi that features very heavily in some of my earliest memories.


_ The transition of modern forays into pet-shaped toys intended to prioritize interactivity over the previously visually stunning but certainly not-a-toy artisanal automatons dates to the 1940s - developed by a man called "Barney" Barnett at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1940 was "Sparko" who took audible commands from his also artificial human buddy "Electro". Originally intended to go into consumer production, the extreme price, limited interactivity and lack of interest from the public led to one 1 being made.

_{_ There are reports of another electric dog present at the world's fair whose alleged thermosensitive vision led it to run directly at the warm headlights in traffic immediately before it was set to debut at the fair. This is from 1939, and has little to no info outside this report of a canceled debut and repeated misreports that this dog and Sparko are the same, but this is a separate electric dog. For more info on Sparko - https://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1940-sparko-the-robot-dog-american/} 
_ Early neurophysiologist Dr. W [William] Grey Walter ventured into a dream of a "robotic pet" with ELMER*1 and later his sister ELSIE*2, 2 robotic tortoises who were intended for use as:
"As you stand by the fire a robot tortoise lumbers along and nestles cozily by your leg. You exclaim in astonishment. The tortoise sheers off nervously and takes refuge under the sofa, but a low whistle brings it back again. It will even seem to possess all manner of lovable qualities conspicuously missing in other robots." _{Kingsport News –(AP) – Thursday, May 27, 1948}

_ Here... I fell into a rabbit hole. --Or should I say a turtle hole? The technology inside ELMER and ELSE was experimented with during WW2 as part of the pursuit of "[the] mechanical conception of a working model that would behave like a very simple animal." which were intended to pilot missiles.
_ This ancient robotics history is kinda dramatic, but coming away with the knowledge that the earliest fully functional robot pets were a byproduct of someone's choice to use war machine scraps for joy? It inspired a really intense emotion, and reaffirmed how important human agency is. There is always choice.

_ The turtles continued to be made exclusively for research institutes worldwide through the mid to late 50s, but were not ever brought to consumer market, and it seems he (WGW) did not sell the rights to the mechanism to any companies intent on creating a fully marketable toy.

_ I can't find any serious attempts at a robotic pet the responds to stimuli independently again till Paro in Japan in 1993 and Furby in the USA is 98.

_ Paro*3 - 1993 Paro was designed by Takanori Shibata with a body inspired by Canadian harp seal babies, and designed as a robotic alternative to a service animal. Paro responds to petting by moving its tail and opening and closing its eyes. Shibata designed it to actively seek out eye contact, respond to touch, cuddle with people, remember faces, and learn actions that generate a favorable reaction. Classified as a class-2 medical device, this is one of the few robopets that insurance will occasionally cover - there are around 8k worldwide, with a little under half of that total in Japan.

_ Furby's first generation in 1998 was undoubtably able to react to stimuli independently, and exceeded in creating the illusion of a more advanced robotic creature by plotting and tracking internal conditions like "hunger, happiness, heat/cold, and the ability to communicate to other Furbys" this communication was achieved via infrared signals. Because the toy did an amazing job simulating learning behavior, it was brought into a few lawsuits over very damaging rumors about recording devices and mal intention Hasbro's part. Furby would not be able to uniquely recognize human speech till 2005 on the Furby Emo-tronic Editions, rendering these rumors impossible in nature.

_ Nearly concurrent to that in Japan Toshitada Doi of Sony made AIBO*4 in 1998. Homonymous with aibō (相棒), "pal" or "partner" in Japanese, the director wanted to also create enough illusion of life through "[being] unexpected so that people keep an interest in watching or taking care of it". Early models also did not have speech recognition as the direct accepted that the system was not advanced enough yet.
_ Aibo project has been running (a short closure occurred 2014-2017) for 26 years, and with a very different level of cost involved, they are truly pursuing a robotic dog- the most recent addition, the US release of the Kinako edition connect to cloud storage to store more leaned behaviors, store more faces and voices so it can recognize even more friends and family members.

_ 2005 was a nice year for robopet kids, we got the Idog in addition to the Emo-tronic Furby which finally started to become more interactable and less just reactionary. The interact ability of the Idog is much more advanced than may be first remembered. The head features a dot display, a ring light around the edge of the head, a light sensor on top that served a rudimentary optic purpose. This robopet toy was able to plot and track internal conditions, fed in the form of being allowed to fulfill it's purpose (playing music and/or dancing to music), experienced mood states in response to specific stimuli and communicated them via the face plate.
_ They also had some independence in the form of developing a personality that was dependent on the type of music it was exposed to.

_ Loona is the current holder of the niche crown forged by defunct robopet toy company Anki, who once released smart robo toys like Cozmo/Vector/Overdrive. Loona was designed by Jianbo Yang of KEYi Technology, with a entirely novel design that doesn't focus on trying to look like any particular known animals. While quite advanced in the toy robot category, There are mixed reports of how independently curious Loona is, and I feel she falls under the Phone pet category rather than a reactive intelligent robot buddy you could raise in your home. A lot of work has gone into integrating Apps, like Kids Language AI and various games you can get her to play.




_{*1 - ELMER [???]
*2 - ELSIE [ ELectro-MEchanical Robot, Light Sensitive ]
*3 - PARO [ Personal Assitant RObot]
*4 - AIBO [Artificial Intelligence roBOt]}

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2/30/2025 Free Sticker Stand!

I have been working on my sticker designs for a while as well as just wanting to spark joy, so today I sat outside and gave away stickers while I worked on the garden.

4/12/2025

I have been practicing on/off with skate board, undeniable I hav been influenced by Sk8 the Infinity which I really enjoyed ♡ I hope to put together a Langa Hasegawa cosplay for matsuri 2026 ♡ I need to research how to peacebond a skateboard tho, as the cosplay manual says you may not usse the skateboard at the con but I simply hope to hold it as a prop.

5/15/25

I finished a custom doll! I found out (a year Late) that Littlest Pet Shops, were back in production Then I ran into a Izzzys video about a cancel series feature anthro fashion dolls characters Pinkie cooper and the jet set pets - and then I was just thinking about anthro dolls. When I went looking for good body options for a G7 summer exclusive I came across a Instagram user who had used a LOL Surprise tot body, but had been unable to preserve the bobble. By dremeling at the neck stump and sinking the bobble peg very carefully I was able to mount a G7 bunny onto a Pranksta body! The end result is so cute IMHO

7/29/2025

Matsuri Tickets Purchased ♡♡♡♡ Langa Wig done!