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Your Own Personal Robot Companion: Kuri 8 is a Cute Home Helper

Posted: 27 Jan 2017 06:00 AM PST

A humanoid, mobile, and much cuter version of the Amazon Echo, the "Kuri 8" robot by California-based startup Mayfield Robotics will perform a range of actions at your command. But its functionality doesn't end there. Not only will it project videos, play music, read to you, tell you the weather, or entertain you with a podcast, it'll follow you from room to room if you wish, chirp, blink, and glow, making it a personal companion along the lines of pop culture robots like R2-D2, BB-8, and Wall-E. Read more…