Gizmodo
Abstract forms of cats have been a popular source of inspiration for domestic bot builders, bringing us everything from Qoobo that looks like a throw cushion with a tale, Nicobo who will occasionally fart just like a real pet would, and the Flatcat, which might be a reincarnated version of roadkill. Even without limbs and paws to scratch you with or a face that can menacingly hiss, MeowEver might be the closest robotic facsimile of a real house cat yet: but one you never need to feed or clean up after. More
Gee Wally, you can’t swing a dead cat in Japan without hitting something weird!
Hello Kitty is not amused!
Dead throw cushions tell no tales.
The Japanese have always been in the forefront of finding new and more depressing lifestyle choices for their increasingly isolated and introverted population.
Only the japs would come up with robotic kitties. What next robotic lizards, oh yeah that’s called MechaGodzilla. When we nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 did that cause permanent dain bramage to the japs. And what else you expect since they also gave us anime which sucks.
I want to personally apologize to the Japanese people for the atomic bombing.
I want to apologize on behalf of Hanoverfist who personally nuked the Japanese.
🙂
I wonder how many cats in America are actually working and not serving as living throw cushions?
Made from collected furballs hacked up by real cats?
“This is my cat, Pooky. It’s already dead. You can pet it and it won’t bite. Isn’t that wonderful?”
Crazy nips…
Gee, they could make a Biden robot like that… or did they already?
The biggest supporters; mice.
@ Hanoverfist
The Japs had it coming!
The first (and right now only) comment at the link made me lol.
Coin-operated dog washing machines.
Fish purses.
Pet backpacks.
Pet Prairie dogs.
Fake cats.
Sex robots.
Bizarre food.
Tentacle porn.
Baby Metal.
(To name but a few.)
…What a country!
What the hell is wrong with the Japanese? Nuked too much, or not enough?
So is there a shortage of real cats in Japan that prompted them to create robocats? If so, I’m sure we could arrange a mass deportation.
Come on, lady. Just buy a vibrator, like everyone else.