Sega Toy's Robot Cat 'Dream Cat Venus'

Robot Cat - Dream Cat Venus

Sega Toys has added to its robot pet animal line with the new 'Dream Cat Venus, which responds to human interaction in a similar manner as a real cat.

This follows the 'Dream Dog DX' from Sega Toys, and it makes you wonder what animal they'll come up with next. Robot hamster anyone?

The robot cat will evidently respond to human stimuli by purring when it's petted, or make noises if you're neglecting it.

I don't know, this is kind of strange to me. Seeing that the source of the inner workings of the robotic cat comes from researchers at Tohoku University's Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer in Japan, they probably were working on it for patients, something the Japanese have been focusing on for encouragement and therapy for their patients; especially lonely elderly or the terminally ill.

In a way that makes sense, but as a toy in general, why not just get a real cat instead. It's not like cats are heavy maintence. They clean themselves and other than occasionally changing the litter box and feeding them, there's not a lot more to be concerned with, other than protecting your indoor plants from being eaten by them.

On second thought, let me have one of those metal felines. You can for about $110.

You can watch the 'Dream Cat Venus' in the video below.