How some people in Japan are finding comfort through companion robots like Sony's robot dog Aibo, which is designed to show and respond to emotions (Rosalind Adams/BuzzFeed News)
Rosalind Adams / BuzzFeed News:
How some people in Japan are finding comfort through companion robots like Sony’s robot dog Aibo, which is designed to show and respond to emotions — TOKYO — It was before 10 a.m. on a gray summer Sunday, but already a small crowd had gathered outside Penguin Café at the end of a block in residential Tokyo.