Have you ever heard of Pepper, Lynx, Buddy, Miko, Paro, Vortex, and Jibo? They are some of what are considered to be the best companion robots¹ available in the world as of this moment. These creations of plastic, metal, rubber, glass, and other synthetic materials have tons of data uploaded into their operating system with each robot built to address specific human needs. In the case of Lynx², parents can use the bot to watch, listen to, hug, or kiss their kids for them. Ly