From a tiny robot which strikes a pose when you point a camera at it to earbuds that translate languages, here are five eye-catching devices on display at the Mobile World Congress trade fair which opened Monday in Barcelona:
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If you walk into a room and greet Liku, it will tilt its head toward you, make eye contact and smile. "We designed LIKU to have an adorable appearance, to elicit positive feelings. When people look at Liku, they smile naturally. We hope Liku will be your first robot friend," said Torooc chief marketing officer JaeHee Chang.DOG HEALTH MONITORING HARNESS
"Right now medical devices which were designed for humans, which are much more complicated and have cables, are used and the animal must be sedated to use them," said Dinbeat project manager Marina Gomez de Tejada.Going on holiday and have no one to look after your cat? South Korean startup PurrSong displayed an automatic litter box called the LavvieBot which auto-cleans and auto-refills.
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