Tindie Blog | MarsCat: A Bionic Pet Cat!

Step up from the virtual pets of the past, and evolve your Tamagotchi into this realistic bionic pet! Emotionally responsive and equipped with three senses – the MarsCat can play with toys and respond to your voice! Its adorable design and sophisticated programming make it the perfect modern household companion.

Just from looking at the MarsCat, you can see the quality and care put into the design. Made of high-quality plastic and rubber, it is surprisingly large and has a charming presence that will enchant any visitor. Arriving fully assembled, each MarsCat is unique and grows its personality based on how its new owners treat it.

Like a real cat, it is autonomous and able to entertain itself during the day without any input from you. When it starts to run low on battery, it will even walk itself to its charging dock for a nap. This makes the MarsCat super easy to care for and means that you have more time for playing with it!

This incredibly unique design is a remarkably sophisticated robotic pet. Able to see, hear, and even feel, this bionic pet is responsive to your actions. Using a camera in its nose, the MarsCat senses its environment and reacts accordingly. When you stroke it, it might meow and look towards you. However, it is also programmed to ignore you sometimes – otherwise, that wouldn’t be realistic!

Perfect for electronics enthusiasts, this bionic pet is not only independent but fully hackable! Run on a quad-core raspberry pi; you can get into this cat’s brain and reprogram it to behave in new and different ways.

Elephant Robotics is an independent electronics manufacturer based out of Shenzhen, China, specialising in the design and production of robotics and intelligent manufacturing services. They have put a lot of development and testing into the MarsCat, and the final product is awe-inspiring!