Anki announces the AI ​​equipped robot "Cozmo" that learns the owner's face, name, habit and can play games together

Mini racing car kit with AI "Anki OVERDRIVE"Anki selling it, it gets smarter as you play As a small robot equipped with AI"CozmoWe announced. The robot equipped with artificial intelligence technology as a toy for children, such as inviting them to autonomously recognize the owner and play the owner's favorite game.

Cozmo | Anki OVERDRIVE
https://anki.com/en-us/cozmo

Cozmo's movie can be seen from the following.

Introducing Cozmo - YouTube


"Cozmo" introduced along with the extensive narration of a robot that can also be called a contemporary wonder that gathered Anki's technology and development power. It is an autonomous learning type robot equipped with artificial intelligence, but I am sleeping with the gugow.


After finally being called "Cozmo ......? Cozmo!", I finally noticed it and showed me a smile to the camera.


In what kind of robot Cozmo like that actually moves, it is described in the following movie.

Cozmo | Behind the Scenes - YouTube


Anki is a company that developed the mini racing car kit "Anki OVERDRIVE" equipped with AI. Anki OVERDRIVE allows you to reduce the time by artificial intelligence learning more to the extent that it runs.


Cozmo is a small car robot equipped with Anki's AI technology and can communicate and play games together. Learning about the owner as much as it comes in contact with it, I will remember a unique emotional expression.


When you put Cozmo beside the user ... ...


You can also recognize the name, face, and habit of the human being in front of you.


By distinguishing himself from the person I knew, Cozmo came close to me with a smile while emitting robot-like voice. It is said that unique "personality" comes out as much as playing with Cozmo.


Various facial expressions can be displayed on the front display.


Try out the pen before Cozmo ......


Like a cat who was given a toy, he grabbed the pen with a front leg (?).


When connecting to the charging station, cute with a sleeping breathing while showing a sleeping look.


If you put the "power cube" that comes with Cozmo's kit in front ......


We will take action to recognize the power cube and lift it.


It is also possible to display a game like a block break on the display and play. As Cozmo unlocks the game according to the time you played, the more games you play, the more games you can play together. Cozmo can memorize the game played by the user, he sometimes asks the user to pick the game they like and "Let's play together." A dedicated application is required to operate Cozmo, but there is no need to connect to the Internet. Since learned data is shared only between Cozmo and smartphone terminals, there is no danger that Cozmo's personal information will leak out.


Cozmo is scheduled to be sold at around $ 179.99 (about 18,000 yen) from around October 2016, but advance reservation is accepted at the time of article creation. Early reservations are accepted at a discounted price of $ 159.99 (approx. 16,000 yen), which is expected to be shipped earlier than October. The contents of the set is "Cozmo × 1 body, charger × 1 piece, power cube × 3 pieces".