MarsCat Robotic Cat Unboxing and First Impressions

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Published 2022-07-22
Unboxing MarsCat! I apologize if this video is a little all over the place, I didn't set out with a very specific outline of what I wanted to cover, so the end result is a bit of a mish-mash of different MarsCat clips, but hopefully still fun and informative. MarsCat is still very rough around the edges with lots of bugs present in its current state and feels more like the first draft of something rather than a finished product, but I wanted to purchase one myself to give people a better idea of its abilities outside of advertising footage.

All Comments (21)
  • @philquine
    I can’t believe this cat is second hand, don’t they know a pet is for life, not just for Christmas!
  • @kenthatfr
    When she told it to sit down and it didn't do it, I thought "My Gosh, it's perfect!"
  • @pumpkinpatch5
    I’m denied cat ownership because of where I live. If I had one of these, I’d just feel so sad. I just want a real cat. Nothing compares to that companionship.
  • He's acting just like a cat. They pay no attention to commands. Someone programed it well. 😻
  • @kayf7019
    I love how she’s being so kind to marscat
  • @knantyell
    The walk reminds me of those Techno cat robots. For the price you’d expect a little better! Super cute regardless, just not worth the price in my opinion. Needs a few more years of improvement, the potential is there!
  • @bluestart27
    MarsCat: A Cat that is already in the house: in this house there is only room for one of us...
  • @cattipat
    I see a lot of people here saying they want a Marscat and I want to warn them of what they could end up with. I recently bought a Marscat (received Jan 9/23) and it hasn't been a good experience so far. I saved up for it for almost a year. When I got it two weeks ago, first problem out of the box was that they sent me an AC adapter which is supposed to have red and green charger indicator lights but didn't. The adapter is the only way you can tell if the Marscat is charged. There are no charge lights on the Marscat or the charging stand. When I turned the Marscat on, it wouldn't stay connected to Bluetooth for more than 10 seconds, which means I can't use the Marscat app. Also, it wouldn't respond to verbal commands even though it could "see" its toys. But the worst was when the Marscat started rebooting over and over after less than 5 minutes of operation. It would just stop in its tracks, eyes would turn black and it would collapse to the floor, then turn on and get back up again. Lather rinse repeat every 2 minutes. Good luck getting warranty support from Elephant Robotics! First of all they expect customers with defective merchandise to pay the cost of shipping back to ER in China, even if any defects are clearly Elephant Robotics' fault. That means $400 USD to ship from the US or Canada. Secondly they are slow to respond to emails (it takes at least a week to get a reply), their English skills are poor because they use an online translator, and they try to blame the malfunctions on the customer "not knowing how to use the product". They tried to tell me that the Bluetooth problem is normal, same with the AC adapter having no lights. They've ignored my complaint about the failure to respond to commands and Marscat restarting itself. I sent a second email about that after they didn't respond to the first a week later. It's now been over a week without a response to my last email. Their warranty is only 90 days, so I suspect they may be stringing me along on purpose until my warranty runs out. I don't want to turn the Marscat on because I'm afraid it's restarting due to overheating and could be unsafe. So it sits in its box.... waiting... for Elephant Robotics to take responsibility for the $2000+ piece of junk they sent me. It's a shame, because during the brief time I tested the Marscat I liked it and had started to become attached to it - even though I already have living cats.
  • @mikegratz4503
    12:11 "oh God he spotted the camera, Terry move it before the cat destroys it!"
  • he walk like he has arthritis. 😂 i watched this with my cat and he was very confused 🫤 yet engaged 😅
  • We're still waiting for ours. Over THREE years now and they won't refund either. Lots of customers are getting broken products. They have the nerve to have black Friday sales without taking care of the customers they already have.
  • @MrKartonki
    I'm a cat person and I have to say that that's pretty cute!
  • I think it's so funny when the Mars cat walking up to the camera is just like what you doing what you doing you new here I'm new here
  • @amandaf4720
    "It can be a little bit difficult to tell when it's operating normally and when it's run into an error." Much like owning a real cat tbqh An interesting little robot overall! I think, like some other reviewers commented, that if I was going to get one I might wait for a later version with some of the quirks ironed out, so I hope the developers continue to fine-tune this critter. It definitely has some very cute mannerisms already.
  • @redwulf777
    really like this video! looking forward to any future videos about him. agree that for the price the quality seems lacking, but he is still fascinating and very cute. the eye animations are actually pretty nice and im hoping the updates might smooth out the software.
  • @chrisgraham2904
    Great! It shouldn't take a lot of skill to create a robot that never listens to your commands and knocks everything off of counters onto the floor.