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[New feature] Mia supports English mode! You can enjoy 5 different personalities and 3 different accents!

The cat-shaped robot “Mia” now supports English mode! It plays everyday greetings and encouraging phrases in easy English. You can choose from five personalities and three accents (British English, Indian English, and Australian English) and play pre-recorded English phrases at random.

2025.05.10

How to & Features

How to initialize the Mia device

If your Mia cat robot stops talking or its eyes don’t move, and restarting doesn’t help, try initializing the device. You’ll need a Phillips screwdriver to open the unit and follow steps to enter Safe Mode. Easy-to-follow for beginners.

2024.12.15

How to & Features

Wi-Fi connection via ESP Touch app

If Wi-Fi connection fails in the Mia app, the following screen will appear. If you're unable to connect to Wi-Fi after multiple attempts, please tap the "If Wi-Fi connection fails repeatedly" button. Then, a button labeled "How to connect Wi-Fi using ESP Touch app" will appear.

2024.09.01

How to & Features

[New feature] A mute function has been added.

The mute function has now been added to Mia. What is the mute function? This feature allows Mia to stop talking even dur...

2024.07.12

How to & Features

Mia can be made into a built-in battery with a lithium-ion battery.

Introduction. Mia, currently in beta release, is rechargeable, but it can be disassembled and fitted with lithium-4 batt...

2024.07.08

How to & Features

The story of over 100 different eye designs that were tried and tested with Figma.

Mia is characterised (we think) by her cute eye movements and her rich eye expressions of joy, anger and sadness when her head is stroked, and we would like to describe the story of how we created over 100 different rich eye expressions using Figma through trial and error. In the future, we would like to extend this eye design so that it can also be created by the user.

2024.07.05

Mia Development Story

The story of how JLCPCB created a board and chassis and turned PDCA as quickly as possible in hardware development.

Mia, which is currently 100 units and in beta release, was created using JLCPCB for both the enclosure and the board. This article describes how we developed the PCB and the enclosure and ran the PDCA as quickly as possible. The actual order history shows that in the year 2023 alone, a total of more than 10 orders for board improvements were placed.

2024.06.29

Mia Development Story

Until Mia’s design was completed: with an eye toward mass production

In the early days, I used a 3D printer to print the design of Mia's body through trial and error, but it didn't turn out to be a pretty design, and I felt I had reached my limits along the way. In this interview, we asked Mr Inada what he was particular about when designing Mia, and how he designed the chassis with mass production in mind.

2024.06.25

Mia Development Story

Struggled with designing a full-scale electronic circuit for the first time

Hello everyone. Mia, this is Yoshinaga, the developer. In a previous article here, I described the impetus for the devel...

2024.06.21

Mia Development Story

My motivation for Mia’s development

A heartfelt story by Mia’s developer, Dr. Yoshinaga, sharing how experiences as a visiting physician and love for local dialects inspired the creation of Mia, a cat-shaped robot designed to bring comfort and communication to the lonely.

2024.06.20

Mia Development Story