Mars
World's first bionic robot pet cat
$1,199
MarsCat is a fully autonomous bionic robot cat from Elephant Robotics, designed as a home companion that walks, runs, sleeps, and plays without external commands. It responds to touch, voice, and faces, and develops distinct personality traits based on how its owner interacts with it. Built on a quad-core Raspberry Pi with open-source code and an SDK, it is also programmable for developers.
Released: 2022
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Overview
MarsCat is marketed by Elephant Robotics as the world's first bionic robot pet cat: a fully autonomous home companion that behaves like a real cat without needing any instructions. It walks, runs, sits, stretches, sleeps, grooms, and plays on its own, and reacts to its environment by feeling touch, hearing voices, and recognizing faces.
The robot has a personality system that develops over time, so different units take on distinct temperaments depending on how their owners interact with them. Its appearance and expressions are brought to life by OLED eyes that convey emotions, and owners can customize traits such as eye color through a companion mobile app.
Under the hood, MarsCat runs on a quad-core Raspberry Pi and ships with open-source code and an SDK, making it programmable for developers and hobbyists who want to extend its behavior. Elephant Robotics first showed the concept at CES and later moved it into mass production.
Key Features
- Fully autonomous, lifelike cat behaviors with no commands required
- Interactive sensing through touch, voice, and visual face/object recognition
- Adaptive personality system that evolves with owner interaction
- Expressive OLED eyes and app-based customization
- Open-source code and SDK for programming and development on a Raspberry Pi
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Specifications
Connectivity
| Communication | WiFi, Ethernet, 4G |
Environment
| IP Rating | IP54 |
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 12 |
| Locomotion | Quadruped |
Performance
| Max Speed | 1.6 m/s |
| Payload Capacity | 5 kg |
| Reach | 280 mm |
| Repeatability | 0.03 mm |
Physical
| Weight | 32.7 kg |
Power
| Battery Life | 1.5 hours |
Sensing
| Sensors | LiDAR, stereo cameras, IMU |
Software
| SDK Support | Yes |
| ROS Compatible | Yes |
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