As well as the standard white flavour, there’s also a special collector’s edition Cozmo that features a more Dark Side-esque brushed grey finish.

You see, Cozmo is a real-life robot like you've only seen in movies, with a one-of-a-kind personality that evolves the more you hang out. He'll nudge you to play and keep you constantly surprised. More than a companion, Cozmo’s a collaborator. He’s your accomplice in a crazy amount of fun. The bot can be used as a standard RC car via the companion app for Android and iOS (‘Explorer’ mode), but Cozmo will also throw down the gauntlet and challenge you to games, wearing its emotions on its 128 x 64 pixel display…sorry, face. And if that’s not enough, then the Cozmo SDK means you can tinker to your heart’s content with the toy using the Python programming language – or just use it as a gateway to learn to code.

Vector 2.0 AI Robot Companion

Cozmo’s skills and abilities develop the more time you spend playing with him. His favourite activities include playing peek-a-boo, asking for fist bumps and singing classics including Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Cozmo is comprised of no less than 360 components, including four motors, 50 gears, an integrated CPU, and a 30fps VGA camera. Combined with facial recognition software, the latter feature means it’s capable of recognising, remembering, and reacting to up to 10 different faces, as well as interacting intelligently with its surroundings. We think this method of launching a series of increasingly complicated products is the way to get to robots in the home, that can make lives easier and not just in a purely functional way, but one that can be fun and intelligent. If Cozmo demonstrated how AI-powered toy robots can develop a personality from contextual interaction, Vector showcases how they can also be useful, Mark Palatucci, Anki co-founder and chief product officer, told i.

He hinted that Anki’s robots could be compatible with Alexa and other assistants in the future, saying the company planned to expand its virtual helper partnerships. WTF is Cozmo from Anki? In a nutshell, it's (he's?) a game-playing robot. The world of robots, toy robots and electronic figures is a growing one. Basic toys like the Hatchimels and Zoomer Marshall from Paw Patrol, can perform pretty straightforward and repetitive tasks, for instance, hatch out of eggs and make sounds. More complex toy robots like WowWee CHiP the Robot Dog and Anki Cozmo are more interactive, sophisticated and expensive, and they offer lots in the way of playability. Anki Cozmo We think about the emotional as well as intelligent side of our robots and we want them to be expressive, that people can form a bond and a trust with the same way they feel about their pets.”

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