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

Examples are battlebot s, Sony Aibo, Tiger Toys http://www.tigertoys.com GoGo My So Real Walking Pup and so on.

Simpler is a digital pet, with is not shaped like the pet, and does not have motor skills.

See also: Ifbot , Qrio, Wakamaru , Banryu , Asimo, home robot.

External links

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