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> Our goal as engineers should be to found the next dishwasher company, not the next robotics company. So I have thought about this a lot, and I even started a
by Judgmentality 8y ago
> Our goal as engineers should be to found the next dishwasher company, not the next robotics company.
So I have thought about this a lot, and I even started and failed an ambitious robotics company, and I feel like a good niche product that could make a profitable company is self-cleaning litter boxes.
No, it won't be a multi-billion dollar company (at least not just with that product), but there is definitely a market for this and the current products are underwhelming. And technologically, it is about as approachable an unsolved robotics problem as you can find.
Here's the competition.
https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-automatic-cat-litter-box-but-we-dont-recommend-it/ https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-automatic-cat-litter-...
- exolymph 8y agoHoly fuck, please. A good one of these would be great.
- Judgmentality 8y agoIt's just a kickstarter, but this might interest you. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petato/footloose-next-gen-automatic-and-health-tracking-c https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petato/footloose-next-g... There are a couple of other interesting designs as well that eliminate the cleaning aspect. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freshflip/fresh-flip-the-no-mess-no-smell-cat-litter-box https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freshflip/fresh-flip-th... I know that one got canceled, but they're going to relaunch. Apparently a backer pointed out a design flaw (my girlfriend backed this project and has already been refunded her pledge but plans to back them again when they relaunch). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boxscoop/boxscoop-20-the-worlds-fastest-cleaning-cat-litter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boxscoop/boxscoop-20-th... There are others as well. I have no affiliation with any of the projects/companies.