Yukai Engineering’s parade of weird animal robots at CES 2025 continues with Nékojita FuFu. The little cat mounts to the side of a mug or bowl, blowing

We’re loving Nékojita FuFu, the mini robot from Tokyo-based startup Yukai Engineering that cools hot food and drinks by blowing on them. It made its debut at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. (via: designboom)

Know anyone particularly sensitive to hot drinks and meals? This cute 'robotic' cat might be the perfect gift.

Nekojita FuFu is a tiny cat robot whose sole purpose is to cool down your hot drinks and food by blowing on it with varying intensities.

Think of the noise that emerges from your lips when you blow on food that's too hot to eat. It probably sounds something a little like "fufu." It's from this onomatopoeic sound that the Nékojita cat FuFu robot takes its name, and on the CES show floor in Las Vegas, I experienced Nékojita FuFu's cooling breath for myself.

Discover how Yukai Engineerings Nekojita FuFu cools hot beverages and meals at CES 2025, addressing the cat tongue trait in Japan.

Japanese robotics startup Yukai Engineering has debuted a portable cat-shaped robot that blows air to cool down hot food and beverages at the Consumer Electronics Show. Named Nékojita FuFu, the robot is aimed at people with heat-sensitive tongues,

If you've ever struggled to drink your hot, freshly brewed coffee before you rush out in the morning, Japanese company Yukai Engineering has a sweet solution: a tiny 'robot' cat that perches on the edge of your mug or bowl and blows across the surface of your drink to cool it.