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{{Short description|Robot designed to entertain}}
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[[File:Sony Qrio Robot.jpg|thumb|The Sony [[Qrio]] robot from 2003, marketed under the slogan "Makes life fun, makes you happy!"]]
An '''entertainment robot''' is a robot that is not made for utilitarian use, as in production or domestic services, but for the sole subjective pleasure of the human. It serves, usually the owner or his housemates, guests, or clients. Robotic technologies are applied in many areas of culture and entertainment.

Expensive robotics are applied to the creation of narrative environments in commercial venues where [[servo motors]], [[pneumatics]], and [[hydraulic]] actuators are used to create movement with often preprogrammed responsive behaviors such as in Disneyland's haunted house ride.

Entertainment robots can also be seen in the context of media arts where artists have been employing advanced technologies to create environments and artistic expression also utilizing actuators and sensors to allow their robots to react and change about viewers.