Yukai Engineering’s parade of bizarre animal robots at CES 2025 continues with Nékojita FuFu. The little cat mounts to the facet of a mug or bowl, blowing air to assist cool it off. The Tokyo-based agency says the robotic combines a fan and “special algorithm” — or a “Fuing System — to blow at random strengths and intervals, like an individual.
The distinctive identify is a mixture of two distinct ideas. “FuFu” is an onomatopoeia for the sound we make when blowing on meals. “Neko-jita” means “cat tongue.” This, in flip is a reference to individuals who have a low tolerance for decent meals — a situation that apparently impacts almost half of the Japanese inhabitants, in line with a survey.
Nékojita FuFu is a product of the identical inside hack-a-thon that gave the world Murami, the fuzzy little purse goblin that Yukai additionally unveiled at CES this week.
“Nékojita FuFu was born out of Yukai Engineering’s 2024 internal Make-a-Thon,” the corporate notes, “during which a team leader reminisced about how badly he wanted help years ago with blowing on freshly cooked baby food for his son because doing so often left him feeling breathless and dizzy.”
Yukai describes the robotic’s mods thusly:
- The Primary Predominant mode. Regular medium-strength/size blows with brief intervals.
- Take a look at That! Steadily ramps up in energy as if it’s captivated by how the meals appears to be like
- I’ve Received This! Sturdy head-start adopted by sustained energy.
- The Princess Elegant, sluggish and regular will increase in energy.
- Sing My Reward Nonstop sequence of sturdy and brief blows.
- Prepared But? Cease-and-go medium blows as if it’s checking to see if it’s cool sufficient to eat.
- ‘Til You Drop Lengthy, sturdy and nonstop blow in a single breath.
- Not Gonna Spill Regular medium blows with brief deep inhalations in between.
The robotic is about for launch in Japan in some unspecified time in the future in mid-2025, priced at ~$25.
