There is some competition for Sony's Aibo.
A top Belgian businessman is to market a robotic guinea pig which he invented while he was in prison.
Jo Lernout, a former director with speech recognition experts Lernout and Hauspie, calls his guinea pig Gupi.
He came up with the idea while he was being held in custody as part of an investigation into international fraud.
If it can be produced cheaply then there may be a market for it. Whether it comes to be or not, I doubt you will see one in the businesspundit household anytime soon.
