Pets 'go hungry' after smart feeder goes offline

Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Owners of a device designed to release food for pets say their animals were left hungry during a week-long system failure.

Nearly 60% of the 554 customer reviews left on the US site have given the device a rating of either one or two stars.

"Robots and automated systems have hiccups along the way, it's something we need to get used to."

No, we do not need to get used to "hiccups". We just don't need a "smart" device for every little piece of crap: KISS principle, heard of it?