ABCNEWS.com : A Cat That Doesn't Need a Litter Box
A Japanese Company Creates a Robotic Cat
By Edmund Klamann
T O K Y O, Oct. 16 — Japan's biggest toymaker pioneered the world's first virtual pet, the Tamagotchi, and the nation's most famous electronics maker rolled out the No. 1 robot dog, Aibo.
Now one of its biggest makers of automated factory systems, Omron Corp, has weighed in with a robot cat: NeCoRo.
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For Japanese Cat-Lovers Only
Only 5,000 of the acrylic-furred felines will be up for sale, and only in Japan, with a retail list price of 185,000 yen ($1,530) each.
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