Volta is an Italian company that specializes in putting artificial intelligence into ordinary products. Their pet bowl, Mookkie, comes equipped with a wide-angle camera and facial recognition technology. When a pet approaches, it scans their face and dispenses the appropriate food in the correct amount for that individual pet. An accompanying smartphone app monitors usage by each pet and alerts the human when the bowl needs to be refilled, ensuring freshness.
“Mookkie offers a prime example of how it is possible to re-invent practically every object we know — even the simplest — by placing artificial intelligence at the heart of product design and engineering,” said Volta CEO Silvio Revelli.