Ultra-small robot "Ozobot" that lets you expand and learn functions of smartphones and learn

A small robot that can be attached to a smartphone or tablet and can play and learn is called "Ozobot"is. By attaching Ozobot to a smartphone etc., Ozobot has become a product expected to have various uses by expanding the function of the terminal.

Ozobot: Intelligent Game Piece for Physical & Digital Play by Ozobot - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1553662364/ozobot-intelligent-game-piece-for-physical-and-dig

Ozobot is an ultra-compact robot, designed to allow you to see through boards and others.


Ozobot is only 1 inch (about 2.54 cm) in height and width, and can be played on smartphones as well.


The inside of Ozobot is a simple structure with small rollers and board built in, and charges using USB.



On the bottom are parts for reading colors.


Pens and ...


Write a colored line on the tablet ......


When Ozobot is put on, it recognizes the color and moves over the line. Since it runs with recognizing the color on the line, there is no remote control in particular.


You can enjoy various games by applying color recognition function.


It is possible to play Ozobot running not only on the liquid crystal screen but also with a course like a circuit.


There is no doubt that you will be excited when you race with friends using two Ozobots.


In addition to using it for play, use is also being studied for children's study, and you can learn basic code using Ozobot.


An application that can be played with Ozobot has also been developed, and this is OzoRace playing with multiple Ozobots.


Various applications such as OzoPath like puzzle game are being developed. Applications using Ozobot are likely to have various possibilities.


Ozobot is white and ...


It is planned to develop with two colors of black.


With a rechargeable USB cable ......


Mini track card etc are attached.


In addition to white and black, we plan to develop various designs of Ozobot in the future.



Ozobot is currently looking for investment at Kickstarter of the cloud funding site, and at the time of writing the article, about 30,000 dollars (about 3.7 million yen) investment gathered against the target amount of 100,000 dollars (about 10.1 million yen) It is. One Ozobot of white or black with a capital of $ 45 (about 4500 yen), one Ozobot of special design can be gotten at 143 dollars (about 14,400 yen), and shipping to Japan costs $ 20 (about 2000 Yen) is required.

The deadline for investment by Ozobot is Japan time and it is 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 1, 2014.