Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two cats sitting in front of Litter-Robot near doorway and credenza - Leah Stodart / Mashable For years, when it'd come up in ...

If you're a cat parent, then you know that felines are fairly clean and low-maintenance pets. You don't have to take them out to go to the bathroom, and they give themselves baths. The one downside?

For years, when it'd come up in conversation that I have an automatic litter box, everyone always asked: "Oh, you have a Litter-Robot?" The product category as a whole really got the Roomba treatment ...