Aging at home
Ageless Innovation said it had delivered its 500,000th Joy for All pet.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Robotic companion pets's stage
What the source says
“announced the delivery of their 500,000th Joy for All Companion Pet.”
What it means
Robotic companion pets, from Ageless Innovation (Joy for All), is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Robotic companion pets
- TechCrunch reported that New York's aging office had handed out more than 31,500 robot pets since 2018.
- New York launched a sixth round of its pet program with Ageless Innovation, delivering 4,725 more pets and games through the state's aging network.
- A randomized trial in UK care homes, published in JMIR Aging, concluded that low-cost robot pets such as Joy for All cats and dogs hold potential for the well-being of residents and people with dementia.
- Toy maker Hasbro's Joy for All robotic cats and dogs were taken over by a new company, Ageless Innovation.
- New York's State Office for the Aging began giving robotic pets to older adults who are socially isolated.