Elephant Robotics metaDog vs Loona Inc. Loona DeskMate

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metaDog compared with Loona DeskMate

	Elephant RoboticsmetaDog	Loona Inc.Loona DeskMate
Overview
Released
Released	–	–
Task and control
Form
Form	Stationary	Stationary
Use
Use	Companion	Companion
Intended use
Intended use	–	Requires an iPhone 12 or newer; the phone supplies the display, cameras, microphones and computing. Those are not built into the stand. Maker Loona Inc. was formerly KEYi Technology; this company rename does not create a separate hardware generation.
Cloud and offline operation
Cloud and offline operation	–	Face and attention processing on the iPhone; explicit AI requests use cloud services. Removing the phone or sleeping it stops watching and listening.
Subscription
Subscription	–	Basic features do not require a subscription; optional plans add higher usage capacity.
Phone app
Phone app	Yes	–
Movement
Movement	Lying plush dog with head and tail movement.	–
Remote control
Remote control	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.	Obsidian EU and Studio White US versions are offered with dispatch in three business days.
Release details
Release details	First retail sale has not been established; page and image dates are not treated as sale dates.	A current purchase page establishes ordering, but first-sale date is not published in the sources read.
Hardware
Degrees of freedom
Degrees of freedom	3	3
Actuators
Actuators	–	Three degrees of freedom: yaw, pitch and roll, driven by brushless servos.
Robot weight
Robot weight	930 g	–
Microphone
Microphone	Yes	–
Sensors
Sensors	Three touch sensor regions, labelled chin/chest, head and back.	–
Audio
Audio	Barks, howls and other dog sounds.	–
Display
Display	Two 1.89-inch eye displays, described as LED by the maker.	–
Size and weight
Size and weight	560 × 150 × 210 mm; the maker table does not label dimension axes.	–
Accessories
Accessories	Husky and Shiba Inu are breed/coat variants of the same metaDog specification; clothing bundles are optional.	–
Battery
Battery
Battery	–	Maker describes a powered desk hub; no internal battery capacity or cordless runtime is published.
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	10–12 hours in maker spec table; FAQ says up to 10 hours	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	2,000 mAh	–
Charging
Charging	USB-C; specification image says 40 minutes, while the product FAQ says 45 minutes.	15 W Qi2 phone charging; 165 W GaN power delivery hub supplied with a separately rated 180 W AC adapter.