#10: Animal Therapy

Do you like a cat?
I have a cat in my house. She is super pretty!
She makes me happy, too!
So, I think animal therapy is really effective.

Shungo and Yuka gave us very good information about robot animal. I was surprised because I only knew the robot animal, 'Aibo.'

They asked us the discussion question, "Does Robot therapy have the same effect as animal therapy?" My answer is ...it depends.

Actually, Paro seems to be a real animal. It is so cute. Some people may feel better, and they may not feel lonely. It is ture, but I think it is still different from real animals. We can easily expect its actions. And it is kind of same as stuffed animals, because it has no body temparature.

When people who have Paro or robot animal become tired of them, perhaps people will just throw them away. It is sometimes good because we don't have to see the death of our pet. However, I think we are selfish.

To have a robot animal is NOT spenting time with it, but just using it. Then, I think there are some differences, so it is hard for me to robot therapy has the same effect.