Catbot — Omron's Mecho–Cat

Linton Weeks wrote a story which appeared in the April 24 Washington Post about the new new thing in robotic pets.

The Catbot makes Sony's Aibo look like a walking Erector–Set.

Created by the Omron Corp. of Japan, but not yet available commercially in the U.S., the Catbots are being used as psychotherapeutic aids by psychologists Elena and Alexander Libin (above, with their Catbots) of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., who describe themselves as "robo–therapists."

They are coming.

Some are already among us.

Are you ready?

The Catbot makes the immobile cat pillow and 3–D cat featured here previously so last century, in my humble opinion.

But then, who said I was entitled to an opinion?

After all, opinions are things peculiar to humans.

Cats don't have opinons.

Nor do computers.

Except for yours, which thinks you're very annoying and thus takes measures to thwart you whenever possible.

You really didn't think those were "glitches," did you?

If you simply can't wait for the kitties to get here and you understand Japanese, Omron will sell you one

for $1,530.