9/4/2026
The Chart Room

AI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes

Filed by Dana Graviton
AI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes
This article is brought to you by Ollobot.From about 2017, individuals began to truly connect with the initial wave of companion robots. These devices had personality, moved around, joked, and answered when you spoke to them. Most early companion robots, however, were still limited by simple voice-command interactions and narrow functionality. Once the novelty wore off, many ended up sitting unused on shelves. As some of those companies went out of business and turned off their servers, many own
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