Sega-produced robotic cat.
Note the slick marketing: the name “near me” is more precisely “NYA- MI” (ニャーミ). You might translate this to be “meow-me” (the noise a cat makes is “nya nya”). On a related note, the Pokemon character “Meowth” is “NYASU” in Japan. How about that.Web link of note: Near Me
(At http://segatoys.co.jp/nearme/)