{"id":18941,"date":"2025-05-27T15:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/these-robot-cats-have-glowing-eyes-and-artificial-heartbeats-and-could-help-reduce-stress-in-children\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:37:46","slug":"these-robot-cats-have-glowing-eyes-and-artificial-heartbeats-and-could-help-reduce-stress-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/these-robot-cats-have-glowing-eyes-and-artificial-heartbeats-and-could-help-reduce-stress-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"These robot cats have glowing eyes and artificial heartbeats \u2013 and could help reduce stress in children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lifesize interactive pets touring libraries in Blue Mountains are also touted as being able to comfort people living with anxiety or dementia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\"> breaking news email<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\"> free app<\/a> or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\"> daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At Springwood library in the Blue Mountains, a librarian appears with a cat carrier in each hand.<\/p>\n<p>About 30<strong> <\/strong>children gather around in a semicircle. Inside each carrier, a pair of beaming, sci-fi-like eyes peer out at the expectant crowd.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/may\/28\/therapeutic-robot-cats-blue-mountains-library-australia\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/705b6d81ae0d90ed97a56a21e02b00129a053857\/382_0_5740_4594\/master\/5740.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=861c7056467c935a210926b029d394f0\" title=\"These robot cats have glowing eyes and artificial heartbeats \u2013 and could help reduce stress in children\" \/>Lifesize interactive pets touring libraries in Blue Mountains are also touted as being able to comfort people living with anxiety or dementia<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nAt Springwood library in the Blue Mountains, a librarian appears with a cat carrier in each hand.<br \/>\nAbout 30 children gather around in a semicircle. Inside each carrier, a pair of beaming, sci-fi-like eyes peer out at the expectant crowd. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifesize interactive pets touring libraries in Blue Mountains are also touted as being able to comfort people living with anxiety or dementia Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At Springwood library in the Blue Mountains, a librarian appears with a cat carrier in each hand. About 30 children gather around &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/these-robot-cats-have-glowing-eyes-and-artificial-heartbeats-and-could-help-reduce-stress-in-children\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">These robot cats have glowing eyes and artificial heartbeats \u2013 and could help reduce stress in children<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18941"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}