RoboCat: A Nolan Bushnell "MicroPet"
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(more information and photos to come)
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Found at a Flea Market for $5, RoboCat was adopted by Paul Nagelkerke, who is it's current owner. RoboCat has held many positions, including a post at the National Research Council building (Vancouver) during the summer of 1996.
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RoboCat was built by Axlon Ltd., a spin-off company by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. Other "MicroPet" robots include "Andy", and a talking teddy bear. This is in 1985, long before MicroSoft's "Interactive Barney".
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RoboCat is cute, gets along well with
children, plays with other cats, and
really, really scares dogs! Feeding was a bit of a problem, using six alkaline D-cells in four weeks of playing. But now with rechargeable alkaline cells from EverReady, feeding is not a problem.
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