Hyundai Rental Care Enters Pet Product Rental Market: "Launch of Automated Cat Toilet"

Partnering with Startups to Launch 'Rabibot2' Rental Product... Automatic Waste Disposal and Sand Replenishment

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Hyundai Rental Care is entering the pet supplies rental market by launching a 'cat automatic litter box' rental product. The company plans to actively target the pet supplies rental market by expanding its lineup of pet-specific products such as water purifiers and air purifiers by the first half of next year.

Hyundai Rental Care, a total home care company affiliated with Hyundai Department Store Group, announced on the 5th that it will release the cat automatic litter box 'Rabibot2' as a rental product in partnership with the startup 'Golgol Song Jakkokga,' which produces Internet of Things (IoT) devices for cats.

Rabibot2 is a product where a cat enters a rectangular box-shaped main body to relieve itself, and the waste is automatically processed. Inside the main body are a waste bed, waste separator, waste storage container, and sand storage container. When the cat uses the waste bed inside the main body and comes out, a motion detection sensor recognizes this and the waste separator operates after 10 minutes. The sand is automatically replenished from the sand storage container installed at the top of the main body. Equipped with smart monitoring functions, the dedicated mobile app allows users to check health information such as the cat's weight and excretion cycle. A Hyundai Rental Care official said, "Rabibot2 automatically processes waste and replenishes sand to maintain a comfortable environment," adding, "There is a deodorizing filter made of palm activated carbon at the entrance of the main body, which minimizes the smell of waste inside the house."

Hyundai Rental Care plans to gradually expand pet-related rental products starting with the launch of Rabibot2. To this end, by the first half of next year, it will introduce healthcare products that inform pet health status, as well as pet-specific water purifiers and air purifiers. Additionally, it is preparing to operate a pet care service for the Rabibot2 product. This service will clean the waste bed and waste storage container on a monthly basis and replace deodorizing filters and other components.

Jung Yoon-jong, Executive Director of Sales Planning at Hyundai Rental Care, said, "Most pet-related products are expensive and require regular maintenance, so the rental business is optimized to reduce the burden of purchase costs while allowing long-term management," adding, "We will continue to discover excellent pet-related products and expand the pet supplies rental business, not only with Rabibot but also with other products."

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