(8 Jan 2025)
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Las Vegas, Nevada – January 7, 2025
1. Various of Shunsuke Aoki, Yukai Engineering, holding mug with Nékojita FuFu portable robot attached
2. Shunsuke Aoki drinking from mug
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Shunsuke Aoki, Yukai Engineering:
“FuFu is a little attachable robot that cools your hot drink or hot meal, so it’s a good meal companion. And actually, there’s a small fan inside that’s rechargeable and you can take it around very easily. And yeah, also it changes power of the wind up to its emotions, just like a small animal. Yeah, it’s a good meal companion for kids or people who are heat sensitive.”
4. Various of Shunsuke Aoki holding Nékojita FuFu
5. Close of Nékojita FuFu on mug
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shunsuke Aoki, Yukai Engineering:
“It’s called Nékojita FuFu, and Nékojita means cat tongue. Cat tongue refers to heat sensitive people in Japanese. So, this is a cat that helps cat tongue people. So, the word cat tongue inspired us.”
7. Various of Nékojita FuFu on display
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Shunsuke Aoki, Yukai Engineering:
"So, it cools down your coffee in less than three minutes to an ideal temperature. So, just brew the coffee and put there and wait 2, 3 minutes, it’s fine. So, it’s a lot easier. And also, it’s good for kids because kids are very heat sensitive. And if the parents have them cooling down by your blow, there’s a possibility for the micro germ, transmits to the kids."
9. Close of Nékojita FuFu on mug
10. Shunsuke Aoki drinking from mug
11. Various of other Yukai Engineering robots
STORYLINE:
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It might not be the most high-tech device on display at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, but a small “portable robot” that clips on cups and cools down warm beverages is causing a stir.
STORYLINE:
Tokyo-based robotics startup Yukai Engineering unveiled this “Nékojita FuFu” portable robot at CES.
Using a fan, it blows on hot drinks or food to cool it down.
It’s designed to help children and people who have a highly heat-sensitive tongue.
Using an internal fan, the small robot generates cool “breath” and has a special algorithm that randomizes its blowing strength and rhythm, the way humans might.
Shunsuke Aoki from Yukai Engineering says the portable robot can cool down a hot cup of coffee in just three minutes.
CES, the annual trade show of all things tech, opened on Tuesday, January 7th.
Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, CES brings attendees and exhibitors from around the world.
CES 2024 saw more than 138,000 attendees, organizers the CTA expect see at least that amount again for this year’s show.
Over 4,500 exhibitors, including 1,400 startups, are anticipated across 2.5 million square feet of floor space.
Big-name companies set to make appearances this year include Nvidia, Sony, Samsung, LG and L’Oréal.
AP video by James Brooks
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