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CES 2020 has come and go, with tons of tech companies beating their chests and demonstrating to the general public simply how superior their product may be. There have been self-balancing Segways, “artificial humans”, and even a Rest room Paper Robotic. Some had been great however some have been definitely on the, err… weirder facet of issues.

Then there’s the robotics side of the commerce show. The world has seen many iterations of robotic companions, from one thing as innocent as a pet robotic to one thing extra lifelike (and creepier) humanoid robotic. All of them have one thing to supply for us, but none, I might say, is quite as completely lifelike than the one in this article.

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Meet MarsCat, the world’s first absolutely autonomous robot cat that actually does whatever the hell it wants the minute it’s turned on. You don’t give it commands, suction cups robots you don’t give it directions, and you don’t tell it what to do. It tells itself what to do, you realize, kinda like how an actual cat is. It’ll act like several common home cat, doing things by itself volition.

The companion cat robotic is at the moment on Kickstarter, the place it has managed to raise over $100,000 from the unique $20,000 objective. That’s a lot of people wanting a robotic cat as a substitute of a real cat.

Whereas it’s dubbed as a “cat”, the precise product does little to truly make it look as lifelike as potential. Instead, it appears extra like a furless version of Frankenstein’s cat slightly than a real one. However, it continues to be in the early phases though, so I’m positive they’ll do extra to improve on the ultimate design (hopefully).

MarsCat nevertheless, nonetheless can respond to sure commands although the corporate has claimed that it’s fully autonomous. Commands resembling “run” and “stop” will probably be heeded by the robotic cat as quickly because it hears them, which to me, breaks the immersion a little bit bit. The cat also responds to contact, so that you may give it head scratches and it’ll reply accordingly. It even performs and interacts with objects and animals in its surroundings, resembling cat toys and even actual real cats!

Simply take a look at those eyes staring back into your soul

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If customers wish to get access to the “cat” upon launch (March 2020), then they’d have to fork out a minimum of $649 (RM2637.00) for it. A low amount it is certainly not.

What do you guys consider the MarsCat? Is this the way forward for household pets? Let us know in the comments below!