Aido Robot

       If you were already nervous about the A.I. revolution, there is a campaign on Indiegogo right now that will convince you to renounce all your worldly possessions and live forever in a southern Nevada commune. It’s called Aido, and it’s a rolling home robot—kind of like Siri if she became sentient and followed you around the house. Does that sound fun? Remember that the robot can Aido Robot , identify your face, and has an operating system that is—we can only assume—the same one run .   Here’s Aido’s commercial, which you should watch in its entirety because it’s important to be informed about our future robot overlords. Right now, 930 people have pledged $476,102 dollars to get one of their own for $549, and it has an October ship date. A representative assured Fortune in an e-mail that the ship date and the product are real. God help us all. The ad starts innocently enough. Look, there’s the robot, waiting at a glass door for its owners like a puppy. The...

Aido, which its maker modestly describes as “the world’s most advanced interactive home robot”, has launched on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. InGen Dynamics is a Palo Alto based privately held company with strategic partnerships with vision, sound, technology, artificial intelligence and optics companies. Ingen Dynamic’s human-centered approach to design and engineering has led to the award-winning Aido home robot platform, which utilizes a ground breaking ballbot based mobility design, linking advanced vision recognition to an intelligent network of cameras, sensors, and microprocessors. Aido is a home robot that acts as an entertainment system, a smart-home controller, a security system and even a kitchen assistant; overall Aido is a friendly robot and an ideal companion to have around the house. T3 – one of the world’s leading technology and gadget publications – has recognized Aido as the GameChanger product of 2016, and the T3 team called Aido “the future of home robots, unlik...

       the latest offering from the world of robotic personal assistants, InGen dynamics has unveiled ‘aido’ a balancing, vacuum-shaped home bot. dubbed an ‘interactive personal home robot’, aido aims to take home connectivity to the next level, becoming an indispensable part of your daily life and a natural extension of your existing devices. aido is certainly one of the more interestingly shaped home-robots we’ve encountered. ergonomically designed, aido gets around by balancing on a ball, allowing him to easily manoeuvre himself around your home while overcoming minor obstacles. a central facial interface — complete with gleaming blue eyes — is the main mode of interacting with the bot, and allows him to call up recipes, piano lessons, video feeds from the internet or simply express his emotions through a series of symbols. an integrated projection system allows aido to throw these displays onto a nearby wall or surface, meaning you can easily view emails, facebo...