A lifelike robot cat closes its eyes and meows after a young boy rubs the acrylic fur on its chin at a department store in Tokyo.
A boy pets Omron Corp.'s lifelike robot cat in the toy section of the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo."It's so real, mom," the boy cried as he watched the robot move in the toy section in Takashimaya Co.'s Shinjuku department store right before Christmas.