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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Personal Robot
Personal Robot
by Robotbase
About this project
Meet the best personal assistant, ever. Not just a pretty face, she's artificial intelligence.
Kind Words from the Press
TechCrunch: "You’ll soon be coming home and a robot will greet you at the door."
VentureBeat: "It can read to kids, host video chats, take pictures, recognize faces and objects, connect to smart home devices, and secure the home by roaming around and video taping everything."
h+ Magazine: "What sets Robotbase’s efforts apart is the sophistication of the software which incoporates deep learning neural networks and what they call - talents.”
International Business Times: "Not just a robot, it's artificial intelligence. Not just recognising your face, it knows your mood. Not just understanding what you say, it knows what you really mean. It learns and gets smarter every day."
Geeky Gadget: "Robotbase has unveiled a new and possibly revolutionary new personal robot that is completely autonomous and equipped with artificial intelligence to help you stay organised and aid you with your daily life."
Mother Nature Network: "Has a sweet face but with mad skilz and talents."
Trend Hunter: "Although it's been depicted in sci-fi movies and TV for decades, personal robot technology is now starting to get closer to becoming a reality."
Cool Guy Stuff TV: "Meet the best personal assistant of 2015."
What can a Personal Robot do?
She sees the world the same way we human do. She can recognize faces, emotions, and everyday objects.
Note: Check out our OBJECT RECOGNITION DEMO.
She understands what you say. She knows what you mean.
She also wakes you up and reminds you about your next meeting.
She can move around by herself.
And she builds her own map of the house with her navigation & mapping algorithms.
She can feel the surrounding environment with all her sensors.
She communicates with all your connected devices.
She is your family's peace of mind when it comes to saving energy and keeping the house secured.
What are some of her special talents?
She can order you food at any hour.
She’s your world-class personal assistant at work.
She's a hands-free helper around the house. She can walk you through a recipe or guide you through a home improvement project.
She's even a personal security guard, providing peace of mind with real-time video feeds of every room of your home.
She can connect you across the globe to be with your family via telepresence.
She can be the life of the party, playing music through internal HD speakers and photographing moments that will last a lifetime.
She’s also a storyteller opening up your child's imagination not only with words, but also with colorful environments she creates by adjusting any room’s lighting.
Kickstarter Rewards
Technical Specs
More Product Photos
Full View
From Design To Product
Some Close-up Photos
Speaker & Mobile Base
3D Depth Camera
USB Chargers for Your Phones
Behind The Scene Of Our Kickstarter Video
Product Development Process
Debugging The Mobile Base
Our Office & Workshop
Adding Z-Wave and Zigbee
Testing The Boards
Prototyping Parts With Makerbot 3D Printer
Production Plan
Hi. It's Duy here. I'm the founder and CEO of Robotbase. I grew up on my dad's factory floor. Prior to working on Personal Robot, I ran global sourcing & product development company with distribution centers in California, New Jersey, Delaware, and Asia. I've manufactured and distributed thousands of items and millions of units for some of the largest retailers in the U.S. (i.e. Target, Home Depot, Lowes, Costco, Brookstone, Hammacher Schlemmer, Skymall, etc) and Europe (i.e. OBI, Bauhaus, etc).
I'm bringing the same team of manufacturing experts on board with me on this project in all areas: component sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, quality control, and quality assurance on board with me on this project.
We've been visiting more than 50+ factories in the past 6 months. The pictures above are taken in one of our shortlisted factories who is manufacturing products for some of the largest brands in the U.S. market.
Here is our production plan.
March 2015:
- Finalize our Kickstarter campaign
- Collect product feedback from Kickstarter supporters
April 2015:
- Incorporate Kickstarter feedback into the product
- Finalize the product specs
May - June 2015:
- Finalize all component suppliers
- Finish all toolings and moulds
July 2015:
- Pilot production
- Update our Kickstarter backers on the pilot production
August - October 2015:
- Mass production
- Finalize the locations of distribution centers
- Finalize packaging
November 2015:
- Start shipping
December 2015:
- Customer support
- Release the Developer APIs
- Launch App Store
Estimated Schedule
We plan to ship all products just in time for Christmas 2015.
Very Special Thanks To
Our investors: Dave McClure (500 Startups), Dave Nemetz (Founder of Bleacher Report), Michael Katz (Founder of Interclick), Geoffrey Handley, Rob Taylor, Gibran Lalani, Stephen Bulfer, and Daniel Blasingame.
Our accelerators: 500 Startups, First Growth VC.
Our production company: Move Films, an award-winning full-service production company that develops and produces original content for TV, film, digital and branded entertainment.
Risks and challenges
There is always some risk involved with new products. Our job is to minimize those risks with our years of experiences in manufacturing, product sourcing, logistics, and quality control. Here are some of the risks that we see and we're confident that we can control them.
Risk #1: Tooling is always expensive and hard to get it right the first time for a product of this complexity. It could take a few iterations and anywhere from 30-90 days to get it right.
Risk Mitigation #1. Have a clear, well-defined specs and requirements. Only work with tooling subcontractors with a proven track record. Be at their facility everyday in person to work with their team until we get it right.
Risk #2. There will likely be some minor adjustments to the final product which could happen during production and could be hard or expensive to make adjustments.
Risk Mitigation #2. Have a well-defined specs. Having 3 perfectly working prototypes prior to production. Test products earlier to find potential issues early in the production lifecycle.
Risk #3. Shipping during the holidays could be delayed due to the shipping traffic.
Risk Mitigation #3. We have great relationships with all of our shipping partners, including UPS, Fedex, Trucking Carriers, and Ocean Freight Carriers. We'll make sure that they're well informed of our schedule. We'll also try to ship out early so that the products can get to you early.
We have years of experience in manufacturing and delivering excellent products in tremendous quantities. There will no doubt be some surprises along the road, but we will watch them and control them as we go closely.
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