Wicked Ball is an interactive ball for pets

Many do not imagine their lives without pets, because they decorate our everyday life, give joy and fun. Not to mention the fact that watching their fluffy stuff is a solid pleasure. When we go to work, they miss us, spending a lot of time waiting for us to come back. The Australian company Cheerble, the author of the famous interactive bone for pets, returned - this time with a new invention - a ball for fun Wicked Ball games. It is completely interactive, does not require a specialized smartphone management application, works in three modes, has a built-in obstacle avoidance system that is washed under a jet of water, waterproof, safe and reliable.

Features of the novelty

Developers from Australia believe that we pay too little attention to our pets, because they often suffer from lack of it. It can manifest itself in the bad behavior, as we are accustomed to think, that manifests itself in scratching the wallpaper, gnawing of the furniture, turning everything up in the apartment or house upside down, blowing the dishes, damaging things, etc. Do not hurry to punish your pets for their tricks, because they do it not from evil, but only subject to instincts. Every time we leave them alone, they start a panic attack - they feel abandoned, unnecessary, and unloved. They attempt to escape from the closed space of the apartment, which is manifested in such behavior.

In addition, leading cynologists advise not to punish animals, if after the event it took more than 15 minutes - they just do not understand why their favorite host is angry with them, because they are so glad to his return. Animals are simpler than people are; instincts and reflexes mostly guide them. Carrying alone for a rather long time - 10 or more hours, they start to get bored. Ordinary toys do not give any satisfaction, because they do not run with them, do not roll on their own, and do not react to them. That is why the Cheerble team has created its own toys that will come to your aid and play with fluffy stuff when you are not near, or you are too tired of games and fun.

Previously, we talked about WickedBone - an interactive bone that can be programmed or managed with a smartphone, reacting sensitively to changing the mood of your dog or cat. It is fun to play catch up with it, where it can both chase after your pet, and run away from him. The toy got a lot of enthusiastic feedback from users and is already available for sale on the manufacturer's website or on Amazon (for more details about the unusual work you can read here).

Today's novelty is a bit easier to arrange - it is completely interactive, it does not need a specialized control from the smartphone. All the necessary settings can be made manually. The magic ball runs and spins completely independently, just enough to activate it by throwing your pet. It operates in three modes - soft, normal, and active, in order to fit into the temperament of your fluffy. Each breed of a dog or a cat has different levels of activity - jack Russell terrier and French bulldog - quite different. If the first one is excessively active, then the second one likes most of the time to rest as a lazily.

Cats also need our attention, so the manufacturer took care that they also had a special ball. Unlike the version for dogs, the cat's toy has a soft surface that can easily be hooked with claws. While the dog robot is smooth so that it can be easily transported in the mouth. If your kids do not touch the ball, it automatically enters sleep mode. As soon as they begin to hook it up with a nose or paws, it immediately turns on and starts playing with them - roll (in a calm mode), roll and circle (in the normal way), bounce, roll in different directions (in active).

If your pet puts him in the water, or prefers to swim with him in the pool - nothing terrible, the ball is waterproof. The surface of the work is easy to wash under running water with soap or without it, depending on the degree of contamination. Inside, a collision sensor is located, so climbing the obstacle, it stops and returns. The inner surface of the toy is made of durable polycarbonate, which closes, securely covering the control unit from moisture or lunch. On the outside, the novelty is clad in TPU - high-temperature polyurethane used in the manufacture of hermetic bags, covers for documents, self-inflatable mattresses, etc.

There is a hidden control unit inside DC motor with high torque, motion sensor, battery and ARM Cortex-MO processor. The weight of the novelty is only 200 g with the battery, and the diameter - 77 mm. Built-in lithium-polymer battery is enough to work for 8 hours, if the game lasts for 10 minutes, alternating with half an hour's rest. If your pet plays a novelty exactly the same amount of time as resting, then its charge will last for 4 hours. In the active mode of a constant game, the autonomy of the toy is 100 minutes. The time required for recharging is about 1 hour. Setting the modes is done manually by pushing the ball and pressing the button inside. When you change the color of the LED strip, you will know which mode is currently active (green - calm, blue - normal, pink - active).

Design and features

The novelty received the appearance of a ball with a bright luminous LED strip in the middle. The color scheme is represented by blue, yellow and salad colors (for dogs) and gray (for cats).

Specifications:

• Type - an interactive pet ball;
• Diameter - 77 mm;
• Weight - 200 g;
• Material - polycarbonate, TPU (high-temperature polyurethane);
• Processor - ARM Cortex-MO;
• Motor - DC with high torque;
• Sensor - 6-axis movement;
• Battery - lithium polymer, 300 mA * h;
• Autonomy - 8 hours (10 minutes game + 30 minutes rest), 4 hours (50/50 game / rest), 100 minutes (constant game);
• Charge - 1 hour;
• Operating temperature range - 0 ° - + 40 ° С;
• Additional - waterproof, corrugated surface for reliable holding in the teeth, soft tissue cover (for cats);
• Care - washing under running water;
• Modes - calm, simple, active;
• Management - mechanical;
• Colors - blue, yellow, green (for dogs), gray (for cats).

When sales will start and what is expected value

Novelty has collected on its issue of as much as 1425% more money than originally required. Production started, the first deliveries are expected to begin in July this year. About the date of entering the world markets until nothing is known.

The estimated cost of ordering a novelty is 1 34 both for cats and for dogs (after the official release in mass sales it will increase to 1 49). You can buy a set of two balls at a price of 1 59 (after the amount will increase to 1 98). There are discounts for wholesale orders starting from three units. We would like to wish the Cheerble team guys success and inspiration in the future in creating new ones.