Robot Therapy Dogs Designed To Help Patients Who Can’t Care For Real Pets

(CBSMiami/CBS Local) — We have all heard of therapy dogs, but what about a robot therapy dog?  “Jennie” is a prototype robot therapy dog designed to help patients who are unable to care for a real pet.
“Jennie” is a product of the company Tombot.  Tom Stevens started the business after his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and her beloved dog had to be taken away.
“My mom was devastated, so I started looking at substitutes for live animal c