🦌 Feelings and firmware

Familiar Machines & Magic

Nothing says comfort like being emotionally profiled in 4K. After decades architecting consumer robots like the iRobot vacuum, Colin Angle wants you to bond with his new creation: a soft, doe-eyed machine that reacts to your mood without saying a word. 

The Familiar uses AI to interpret gestures, tone and context, deciding whether to approach you or give you space. It builds a long-term social graph of you, and data is stored locally. 
Basically, it’s a reverse-Tamagotchi, where you’re the animal it’s trying to help keep alive. More pics and vids here.