animatronic pet
Mechanical faux animal
An animatronic pet is a robotic toy designed to simulate a living animal—moving, making sounds, and sometimes responding to touch or voice.
These range from simple battery-operated cats that purr when stroked to sophisticated robot dogs with programmable behaviors.
They're marketed to children as interactive toys and to elderly people as low-maintenance companions: The nursing home introduced animatronic pets for residents who couldn't care for real animals.
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- robotic dogProgrammable mechanical pet
- robot catAutomated feline toy
- furryCovered in soft hair
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
toy · toy store · lifelike · battery · battery operated · motion sensors · sensors · plush · interactive · Furby · companion · synthetic · motorized · tail · purring · barking · cuddle · electronic