Scientists developing a robot cat with AI to help the elderly with everyday tasks

US scientists are developing a cat that can keep a person company, does not need a litter box and can remind an ageing owner to take their medicine or help find their spectacles.

Toymaker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Rhode Island have received a three-year, million-dollar (£750,000) grant from the National Science Foundation to find ways to add artificial intelligence to Hasbro’s Joy For All robotic cat .