Robot cat YARSon, equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), is greeting guests of the XIV St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF), which opened on June 24. The smart pet can be seen at the stand of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) in the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Center.
The FSSP reported that the robot cat reacts to touch and starts purring and meowing. Thanks to AI, it can answer questions about the history of the judicial enforcement system.
YARSon can tell event participants how to get rid of debts, as well as how to pay them.
The smart cat knows the program of the St. Petersburg Forum and can surprise guests with interesting facts about animals.
The FSSP explained that the cat was chosen as an interactive assistant for a reason. It is an unofficial symbol of St. Petersburg and its main protector.
After the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad in 1943, thousands of cats were brought to the city. They helped clear the Northern Capital of the proliferating rats.
Now cats live in the Winter Palace and protect the Hermitage exhibits from rodents.