YA-PETBOTS

YA-PETBOTS is a speculative domestic robotic system composed of multiple small autonomous companion entities designed to externalize emotional conditions within future family environments. Each robot features a mobile spherical body topped with a rotating petal-like structure capable of subtle gestural expression. Rather than directly interacting with humans through conversation or instruction, the robots continuously observe emotional atmosphere, behavioral rhythms, and relational dynamics among household members. These collected patterns are then translated into interactions between the robots themselves. Depending on the emotional state of the household, the robots may gather closely, follow one another, avoid contact, engage in playful movement, or display signs of tension and conflict. Their behavior forms a constantly shifting emotional ecology distributed throughout the domestic environment. As family members observe these interactions, they gradually recognize reflections of their own relational patterns projected onto external entities. The system functions neither as surveillance nor emotional correction, but as an ambient emotional mirror that allows invisible family dynamics to become spatially observable through a third-party presence. Over time, YA-PETBOTS transforms household emotion into a form of shared environmental behavior, enabling subtle reflection on intimacy, conflict, care, and emotional neglect within everyday domestic life.