Freakin' creepy cat robots... (drumroll, please) from Japan
By Barb Dybwad 
posted May 20th 2005 10:33AM
posted May 20th 2005 10:33AM
You know good ol' Aibo: cute, obviously
robotic, completely harmless. These catbots from Necoro? Sick and wrong. They're obviously being controlled remotely by
real cats who've been enslaved by the Necoro overlords. Don't worry, folks — Engadget is right now assembling an
international investigative committee to get those cats sprung free. More news as it breaks.
Cat robot video [MOV]
[Via Boing Boing]
No... GOD NO!!..
You better not be lying about that international investigative committee!!
Hey, no fleas, no hairballs, no shredded drapes. What's not to like?
I feel like I saw this video over a year ago...
I for one wellcome our new robotic cat overloards
I feel like I've seen this video before - over a year ago perhaps...?
Toonces!!!
Yeah, I was hoping it was a new video with an updated design. Same one, though.
I wonder if these are programmed to eventually suffocate you when you're sleeping?
Sabrina The Teenage Witch, anyone?
It's like having your own harmless-looking Robocop!
Erm... I'll pass
i'd like to see how a real cat reacts to that thing ....
does anyone know if it has some sort of motion sensors and/or algorithms to give it more realistic motion responses?
Note that they don't actually show the cat walking...Leads me to believe it can't.
This cat looks more like his name should be Necro (the living corpse cat).
Neco = Cat in Japanese. Obviously fusing Neco with the word cord? seems like they could have come up with a better name
Neko and Robot is just TOO implausible!
Cameron had it all wrong. Its not going to be humanoid machines that take out humanity....its the feline machines. How could we have been so blind? o.O
Almost as good as http://www.bonsaikitten.com/
First I play with Judd, then Mommy came, and I play with Mommy. We play Daddy! We had a awfully good time! Now, I want to play with YOU!!!... Pet Sematary
These have been around for a while. I saw one a couple of years ago at Kiddy Land in Harajuku, and it was even scarier in real life than the video; for about 10 seconds, I thought "why is that cat sealed in a plexiglass box, and why aren't there any air holes?"
Is it housebroken, or does it leave little battries all over the house? And I do not want to know how it goes about marking its territory.
Ok, all I wanted to know is if they will make a "ParisHiltonRo" so I can make my own video. PM me plz.
Did you see the pictures on the Necoro website? F***ing Hilarious!
http://www.necoro.com
FAKE CAT: I will be purr and be soft under your fingers.
ME: Fake cat, will you still my loneliness?
FAKE CAT: No, but I will be lonely with you.
ME: Fake cat, are you like Edward Scissorshand or Pinoccio, in that you want to be real and/or have hands?
FAKE CAT: (blushes) Yes... hands, and fingers, like my programmer.
ME: Fake cat, I love you. This is the real thing.
FAKE CAT: I have the ability to watch the sky and not care if it goes grey.
ME: Fake cat, you will be the purring sun in my life.
FAKE CAT: And I never need to have my anal glands extracted.
Being familliar with Japanese alitteration, "Necoro" sounds way to close to the english word "necro" for comfort...
This is rather old. Press release on sales is on http://www.necoro.com/newsrelease/index.html
October 16, 2001 -Omron Corporation (President and CEO: Yoshio Tateisi, Headquarters: Kyoto) will begin selling as a new product a cat type communication robot from November 20. Orders can be placed at Takashimaya (limited to 7 stores) starting October 17, and orders will be accepted by phone or over the Internet from November 3. Available in two colors, gray and brown, sales at this time will be restricted to 5,000 units.
I was hoping for a surprise ending where the eyes glowed red, shortly followed by a melee of claws, fangs and hissing - just like you would get if you held your average real cat like that
Sadly, this thing DOES NOT WALK. What an utterly useless robot cat:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=188747&page=1
Though the feline can't walk, it can wag its tail, detect movement through an optical sensor, stretch its body, and meow, hiss and purr, depending on its "mood" and any environmental stimulation.
The name does seem to be a Japanese-style combination of "nekko" (Japanese for cat) and "necro" (dead flesh).
*buys one, skins it, replaces it with a hello kitty cover and sells it on eBay for thousands*
dude cats rock forget robo cats!i mean who wants a robot walkin around all like (meow meow i am a cat) it would fly if they had laser vision and could do my home work,but i like regular cats! Kitty power! ahh yeah, uh i mean meow
love,
big daddy cat
dude cats rock forget robo cats!i mean who wants a robot walkin around all like (meow meow i am a cat) it would fly if they had laser vision and could do my home work,but i like regular cats! Kitty power! ahh yeah, uh i mean meow
love,
big daddy cat