Inspired by the gentle head-butting behavior of household animals ... The robot, developed by Yuga Adachi and Fumihide Tanaka, was inspired by a behavior known as bunting. In the animal kingdom, ...

If your cat rubs his or her head on you repeatedly, congratulations! You adopted your cat, and now they have adopted you. This behavior is called "bunting," and it is a sign of affection that cats ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The behavior of a cat rubbing its head against a person, known as bunting, is an expression of affection and is believed to have a healing effect on humans. In this study ...