Machines that automate the various tedious tasks that come with being a servant in a cat’s household — like feeding and cleaning Mr. Fluffles’ litter box — are generally a godsend, as they ensure a happy cat and a happy human. That is, unless said litter box-cleaning robot kills said cat. That’s the gruesome topic that [Philip Bloom], also known as the bloke of the One Man Five Cats channel on YouTube, decided to investigate after coming across a report about a certain Amazon-bought unit.
For some uses, one has to be really careful of trying to just save money. This is a good example of one such case.
See https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/the-rise-of-self-cleaning-cat-killing-litter-boxes