{"id":5597,"date":"2021-04-08T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T09:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2021-04-08T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T09:40:26","slug":"tech-firms-robo-dogs-have-their-day-in-china-as-pet-ownership-booms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=5597","title":{"rendered":"Tech firm\u2019s robo-dogs have their day in China as pet ownership booms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostIt\u2019s whip fast, obeys commands and doesn\u2019t leave unpleasant surprises on the floor \u2013 meet the AlphaDog, a robotic response to two of China\u2019s burgeoning loves: pets and technology.The hi-tech hound uses sensors and artificial intelligence technology to \u201chear\u201d and \u201csee\u201d its environment \u2013 and can even be taken for walks.\u201cIt\u2019s really very similar to a real dog,\u201d says Ma Jie, chief technology officer at Weilan, the company behind the product.AlphaDog follows in the paw prints of \u201cSpot\u201d, a four\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3128791\/tech-firms-robo-dogs-have-their-day-china-pet-ownership-booms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostIt\u2019s whip fast, obeys commands and doesn\u2019t leave unpleasant surprises on the floor \u2013 meet the AlphaDog, a robotic response to two of China\u2019s burgeoning loves:&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}