Is it a robot? Is it an animal? Is it a dog? It is ANIMO, the robot dog. Like its commercial distant cousin, Aibo, made by Sony, ANIMO is nothing else but the perfect companion. It greatly enjoys spot-light chasing and being patted this. Like all other dogs, it needs to eat, sleep and play. In order to keep ANIMO happy one has to make sure it doesn’t ignore those primary needs. That is unless one wants to unleash ANIMO’s cranky mood.