The Robo Smart Puppy Pinky is an interactive robot dog from Gear2Play, finished in white with pink ears, paws and tail, and large eyes that light up. The box contains the dog itself; batteries are sold separately.
It walks forward, sits down, stands back up and makes dog sounds. Sensors let it react to sound and to touch. When it gets "hungry", it lets you know until you stroke it under the chin, after which it starts dancing again.
The dog measures 22 x 12 x 20 cm and is made of plastic. Belgian and Dutch retailers state an age of 5 years and up. It needs no app or screen: switch it on and it does its thing, on a flat surface such as parquet or laminate.
For a child who has been asking for a dog for a while, this is the gift that does something the moment the paper comes off - and simply switches off again at bedtime.
