Cozmo The Robot: A Small AI System With Complex Decision Making

How Anki’s Cozmo Is the Ambassador for Robot-Human Relations (+Video)

Chris Davies | June 27, 2016

Anki has come a long way from its WWDC 2013 demo of iPhone-controlled race cars, but today's big reveal of Cozmo, it's AI-blessed robot, is a lot more than just a toy. Scurrying around on its tank tracks, the palm-scale gadget looks like a plaything but is in reality a clever sleight of hand to bring some of the most complex parts of modern computing right into the home.
[...] Anki will have an SDK for just about every aspect of Cozmo's abilities, and there'll be an immediate payout to getting to grips with each component, since it'll be reflected not just on a computer screen but on the desk in front of you.

"Anki's small Cozmo robot has AI, emotions." (June 27, 2016) Source: http://www.cnet.com/products/anki-cosmo/

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