A robotic pet accompaniment system includes a housing, a displacementsubsystem for displaying the housing over an underlying surface and a fooddispenser. The food dispenser is displaced with displacement of the housingandis configured for selectively dispensing pet food. A method for controlling aroboticpet accompaniment system includes controlling a displacement subsystem of therobotic pet accompaniment system to cause the system to be displaced over anunderlying surface. A food dispenser of the system is further controlled tointermittently dispense food to a space outside the robotic pet accompanimentsystem.
