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  "id": 12510100,
  "title": "Kawasaki Heavy Unveils Dog-Shaped Robot for Elderly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kawasaki-heavy-unveils-dog-shaped-robot-for-elderly",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T00:24:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100600975/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has unveiled a prototype of a dog-shaped social robot that helps elderly people's life at home. Leveraging physical artificial intelligence, the robot, Home Leo, can talk to people, recognize its surroundings, make appropriate decisions according to the situation and act autonomously, according to the Japanese company. Home Leo wa...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Kawasaki Heavy to launch dog-shaped social robot by fiscal 2028",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kawasaki-heavy-to-launch-dog-shaped-social-robot-by-fiscal-2028",
        "published": "2026-10-07T01:00:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}