18 | LUXlife Magazine Best Self-Cleaning Cat Litter Box 2026 & LUXlife Client Experience Excellence Award 2026 The global pet tech market is currently experiencing significant growth, valued at USD 15.6 billion in 2025 and projected to grow from USD 19.1 billion in 2026 to USD 52.9 billion in 2035. With a CAGR of 12%, this market expansion has been driven by an increasing trend in pet owners spending on their pets, rising household income, and the widening availability of tech-friendly products for pets. Today, we celebrate homerunPET, a leading innovator of smart pet technology and recipient in the Pet Products and Services Awards 2026. homerunPET’s CEO Frank Liu told us more below. “Our focus has always been on making life easier for pet owners while improving the daily lives of their pets.” For over a decade, the homerunPET team has focused specifically on innovating within the pet technology space. The company works closely with engineers, veterinarians, and real pet households to develop products that truly solve everyday problems, whether that is maintaining a cleaner litter environment, improving pet hygiene after baths, or making sure that pets are provided access to clean water. “Ultimately, our goal is to design products that reduce the friction of everyday pet care,” said Frank, “so owners can spend more time enjoying their pets rather than worrying about maintenance and routine tasks.” This is what sets homerunPET apart in a competitive market: the company approaches pet technology as a primary focus instead of a side category. Its team dedicates years to refining its products to ensure that they are safe, reliable, and genuinely useful for pet owners. Each and every product is designed around making practical improvements to everyday care, rather than developing technology for its own sake. A shining example of this is the company’s CS106 Self-Cleaning Litter Box, designed to address one of the most common frustrations among cat owners: maintaining a consistently clean litter environment, especially within multi-cat homes. The system combines a large interior capacity with multiple smart monitoring features and safety mechanisms, such as physical dual-bump protection and smart safeguards. homerunPET has also developed the Drybo Pet Drying Cabin, providing a calmer and safer alternative to traditional handheld dryers after baths or grooming. Straying away from the much-adventured route of developing louder or more powerful dryers, the team opted to focus on creating a more comfortable experience for pets and their owners. Furthermore, homerunPET’s Industry-First Auto-Refill System, includes a built-in automatic litter refill function. By eliminating the need for manual refilling, it’s a perfect solution for multicat households and frequent travelers. It truly allows for up to 15–20 days of zero manual intervention. While many other self-cleaning litter boxes focus on ‘auto-cleaning,’ its product is truly an industry pioneer. “We approach product development with a simple philosophy: if a product doesn’t genuinely make pet care easier, safer, or more comfortable, it isn’t worth bringing to market.” In order to deliver such innovative products, homerunPET understands that it must pay close attention to its customers’ needs. “Pet owners are very vocal about what works, what doesn’t, and what they wish existed, and that feedback plays a big role in shaping our product roadmap,” said Frank. “We also closely monitor how people’s lifestyles are changing. As more households adopt smart home technology and busy schedules become the norm, automation in pet care has become increasingly valuable.” One of the biggest challenges homerunPET has experienced in navigating the pet technology industry has been building trust with consumers. It has found pet owners to be naturally cautious when introducing new technology into their pet’s environment and approaches innovation accordingly. The company invests heavily in product testing and safety features, with each new product moving through multiple development stages and ext6ensive testing before it ever reaches the market. Later this year, homerunPET will be launching an AI Camera Litter Box add-on. Scheduled for release, the camera integrates directly with the CS106 to deliver real-time activity detection, behavioural insights, and enhanced health monitoring that is powered entirely by ondevice artificial intelligence. This development marks a significant step in homerunPET’s distinct vision for a connected pet-care ecosystem that blends intelligent automation with meaningful data to support long-term feline wellness. “At the end of the day, pets are family members,” Frank concluded. “Everything we build at homerunPET is designed with that in mind. We’re proud to be part of a growing industry that is bringing thoughtful innovation to pet care, and we are excited to keep pushing the category forward in the years ahead.” Contact: Rachel Ji Company: homerunPET Web Address: www.homerunpet.com homerunPET
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