Smartibot kit turns any household object into an AI-enhanced robot
Toymaker The Crafty Robot has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest design ? a DIY robot that can follow you around the house and bring you drinks.
Smartibot is an educational, build-it-yourself toy for adults and children who want to become more familiar with robotics. The Crafty Robot describes the toy as the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cardboard robot.
The AI it contains is a real-time object-detection system, which means that the small, smiling robot can be taught to recognise people, pets or vehicles and automatically follow them.
Alternatively, the kit comes with two variant models of Smartibot that operate via remote control rather than automated AI: a teabot with cupholders to deliver drinks, and a unicorn with a little cardboard horn. Like previous Crafty Robot kits, Smartibot's cardboard parts can be attached to almost any object to transform it into a personal droid. The Kickstarter page for the toy, launched today, shows it integrated into a Lego car and a potato.
"There's something about robots that really seem to capture people's imagination," Crafty Robot founder Ross Atkin told Dezeen.
"I think it's because they combine technology with personality so make it somehow much more relatable. This makes them appealing not just to people who are interested in technology."
"They present both an amazing platform for creativity and a way for people to learn about the technology that is threatening to upend ...
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