Elephant Robotics metaCat (2023) vs Elephant Robotics metaDog

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metaCat (2023) compared with metaDog

	Elephant RoboticsmetaCat (2023)	Elephant RoboticsmetaDog
Overview
Released
Released	–	–
Task and control
Form
Form	Stationary	Stationary
Use
Use	Companion	Companion
Phone app
Phone app	–	Yes
Movement
Movement	Lying plush companion; the documented commands move its head and tail, not the whole cat around the room.	Lying plush dog with head and tail movement.
Remote control
Remote control	English wake word metaCat activates voice commands for motion, eye brightness, sound volume and sleep.	Custom wake word, spoken movement/volume/eye commands, and optional mobile game app.
Regional availability
Regional availability	Active bare-pet variants are available in the maker store. Dispatch is quoted as 7–15 business days from China; this store serves regions outside the Americas, which have a separate shop.	Active bare-pet variants are available in the maker store. Dispatch is quoted as 7–15 business days from China; this store serves regions outside the Americas, which have a separate shop.
Release details
Release details	First retail sale has not been established; page and image dates are not treated as sale dates.	First retail sale has not been established; page and image dates are not treated as sale dates.
Hardware
Degrees of freedom
Degrees of freedom	–	3
Robot weight
Robot weight	930 g	930 g
Microphone
Microphone	Yes	Yes
Sensors
Sensors	Touch reactions at the head, jaw and back.	Three touch sensor regions, labelled chin/chest, head and back.
Audio
Audio	Meows and purring; holding its back triggers a simulated heartbeat.	Barks, howls and other dog sounds.
Display
Display	Animated eyes.	Two 1.89-inch eye displays, described as LED by the maker.
Size and weight
Size and weight	Maker Ragdoll diagram: 40 cm body length, 27 cm tail and 21 cm height; the pictured 930 g weight is assigned only to that configuration.	560 × 150 × 210 mm; the maker table does not label dimension axes.
Accessories
Accessories	Three coat variants; costume and carrier bundles are accessories. Current maker comparison distinguishes 2023 USB-C/voice/animated-eye hardware from 2022 C-cell hardware.	Husky and Shiba Inu are breed/coat variants of the same metaDog specification; clothing bundles are optional.
Battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 10 hours continuous operation (maker FAQ)	10–12 hours in maker spec table; FAQ says up to 10 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	–	2,000 mAh
Charging
Charging	USB-C under the belly; maker FAQ quotes 45 minutes charging.	USB-C; specification image says 40 minutes, while the product FAQ says 45 minutes.