Design of Fully Automated Cat Litter Box Based on "Human-Pet" Dual-users

LI Botao; YANG Peiwen; LIN Zhijian

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.02.015

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2) : 157-168. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.02.015

Industrial Design

Design of Fully Automated Cat Litter Box Based on "Human-Pet" Dual-users

LI Botao¹, YANG Peiwen¹, LIN Zhijian^2,*

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To address the prevalent issue in smart cat litter box design, where the focus on human user experience often overlooks pet well-being, leading to conflicts between human needs and pet needs, the work aims to design a smart cat litter box based on the needs of "human-pet" dual-users, and construct an experience optimization model for fully automated cat litter boxes to improve the product's performance in terms of functionality, comfort, and user experience. Based on the Kano model, explicit and implicit needs of owners and pets were identified and categorized. Questionnaire surveys, user observations, and behavioral analyses were conducted to reveal preference differences and potential conflicts between the two user groups. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was applied to weight and analyze these needs, which were then translated into executable technical parameters and optimization models. Finally, a prototype was developed and tested based on the experience optimization model. The dual-user-oriented design effectively improves both human user satisfaction and pet well-being, providing a replicable methodological framework for the design of similar products.

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"human-pet" dual-user / Kano model / fully automated cat litter box / design research

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LI Botao, YANG Peiwen, LIN Zhijian. Design of Fully Automated Cat Litter Box Based on "Human-Pet" Dual-users[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(2): 157-168 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.02.015

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