“The first pet robot bodies were based on cats and dogs, but later dragons and Ewoks became popular”
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There is no doubting the value of companion animals, even in our time history of evolutionwhen dogs especially helped with hunting and herding, or more recently, the erosion of social bonds when people turned to animals for the emotional connection they gained from humans. But the pets’ carbon footprint was too heavy.
In the 2020s, there were more than billion dogs in the worldcausing significant ecological damage. Cats and…
