Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why do cats like to pat their paws on a soft ...

Taylor Veltrop, an enterprising roboticist with a penchant for pussies, has crafted the mother of all Kinect (and Wiimote!) hacks: The teleoperation of a robot to groom a cat. As always with these ...