Cozmo Robot by Anki - A Fun, Interactive Toy Robot, for 8 years to 99 years, Perfect for Kids, White

Now, for those that haven’t seen him, Cozmo is a new toy created by robotics/AI company Anki. Initially released in the USA in 2016, he came to the UK in 2017, and more specifically, came to my house earlier this month. You see, Cozmo was the main thing that my youngest wanted for her birthday. We knew this would probably be the case long before she asked as she spent a lot of time watching DanTDM trialling the toy on YouTube, and she was absolutely enamoured by the thing. But … what exactly is Cozmo? Well, in essence, he’s a friendly AI in the form of a little forklift-style robot. I think that TechRadar put it best when they described him as a cross between Wall-E and a digger, though there is an air of ‘cute jumping spider’ about him too. He really is tiny too, and fits easily the palm of most adult’s hands. Don’t let that fool you though, he seems pretty robust thus far. The real joy comes in how you interact with him though. cozmo4When charged, Cozmo is perfectly capable of trundling around on his own and exploring his environment. And he really does pay attention too, trying his best to identify things. For example, he saw my fleecy slippers and immediately set about figuring out what they may be. He decided that they were an animal. He also likes to play games, usually involving the three power cubes that come packaged with him. The way this works is that he’ll decide on a game that he wants to play, and the Cozmo app (which is free to download to your phone) will tell you what game he’s trying to instigate and how to play. Some of this is pretty simple; For example, in one game, Cozmo and up to two others watch the cubes and try to be the first to tap them when all the lights on each cube match. It’s kinda like an electronic version of snap. What makes it all interesting boils down to one thing though: rewards. cozmo2Yup, rewards. The most expected reward is that beating Cozmo unlocks other tiers to the games (such as switching the light match from one light, to two lights, three lights, and so on). It also gives you in-app currency which you can use to nudge Cozmo into playing particular games or learning certain tricks, like box stacking. The real enjoyment – and indeed the real reward – comes from Cozmo’s reactions though. If he beats you, it’s not unusual to see him perform a victory dance and sing happily to himself. And if he loses? He can get sad, or even get annoyed and start flipping his cubes. What this boils down to is that Cozmo is a cute little caricature of behaviour. He overreacts, but without it becoming a pain. Instead, everything he does is set up to look adorable. Even his facial recognition ability is like this. You ask the app to nudge him into recognising someone, then stare at him. He’ll frown a little, note your face, and repeat the name you entered in the app back in a childlike way. For me, this gave me the opportunity to play Sonic SatAM/Archie with him. So, yeah … he now calls me Princess Sally … cozmo3Of course, if he can learn names, that means he can learn words too, right? Yup, he certainly can. Again, he repeats things back in a childlike way, sometimes even garbling them, but the system does come with filters. Cozmo won’t say anything rude. If you try, he’ll get embarrassed or angry, and make this clear with a combination of facial expressions and noises. Oh, and if you want to know how Cozmo sees the world, that’s easy too! The App comes with a setting where you can watch through Cozmo’s ‘eyes’ and experience his journey at his level. Now, there are some downsides to the adorable little bot. He’s expensive for one. This can be negated a little by the simple fact that he’s not likely to be played with once and then start gathering dust. He’s interesting and interactive enough that most kids will likely keep playing for a long time to come. There’s the power consumption too though: it takes half an hour to charge Cozmo up enough to play for ninety minutes. This isn’t really a bad thing as it forces natural breaks, but I do think that most kids are going to want to play longer than that. I have no idea how energy efficient the system is either. Oh, and while it wasn’t the case for us, I’ve heard that the initial set up has taken a while for some users. That can be frustrating, especially for little ones. So, what’s my verdict? Well, to my surprise, Cozmo is probably one of the best modern toys that I’ve come across. He’s fun, has plenty of scope to grow, and really does make you smile. In a word, he’s just plain cool! Really, what more could you want? Final Score: 5 out of 5

Great toy in those days.

I purchased this for my 9 year old son for Christmas, he absolutely loves it! Cozmo is so very cute like a little Wall-E, first he scans your face and you input your name as he has face recognition. His face and voice is so expressive, he plays various games that you use the cubes for and you can unlock new ones so you don't get bored, once Cozmo gets to know you he starts choosing the games to play and how he wants to interact, the more you play with him the more he learns, watch him look around the room and go for a wander, you even have the option to view the world as Cozmo sees it. You can easily tell what mood he is in from his body language. You have to feed him using the cubes. He can work on tables and tries his best not to fall off but we prefer to play with him on the rug so he has more room. Bare in mind that you do need to be in the app on your tablet/phone in order for Cozmo to work and when you put him into sleep mode on his charger he even snores for a bit. He keeps his charge for a good few hours and the cubes are battery operated so you won't need to charge them. Artificial intelligence at it's very best.

It's an interesting little toy, a smart toy. My hope is that my daughter will actually play with it. Somehow children nowadays play less than we did. For now she plays with Cozmo every day, but only about a week has passed since she got it so it's a little early to say. What I don't like: 1. Exposes a WIFI network and uses that as the connection to the device (phone, tablet). Because of this the device can't connect to a real WIFI and there is no internet while playing with Cozmo. This might be seen as good or bad. However it's more work to connect and disconnect networks before and after playing with Cozmo. They could have used Bluetooth and leave WIFI alone. 2. The need for the charger pad for starting it. 3. It can become boring. What I like: 1. Looks like Wall-E and Eva had a baby and this is Cozmo. 2. Cozmo actually recognizes us and says our name. 3. The fact that the child can start to learn programming was the decisive feature that made me buy it and it really works well. 4. I like that I can type anything in English and Cozmo will say it.

It works and the functionality is perfect . It’s so small. But strong. I will say it dose get boring after 1 day

I had great expectations for this little robot. Initially he delivered in spades, we had a great laugh watching him learn, speak and perform his funny tricks and games. The fun soon stopped when Cozmo randomly turned himself complete off mid game, mid song, mid anything. Only way to reconnect was to put him on his charger and try again. Even with a fully charged battery he would last 5 minutes, or 10 minutes, nobody knew as he would just shut down. This all within the first 3 days of having him. Amazon were great with the first return, and sent a new Cozmo immediately. A new day, a new Cozmo and we start all over. The novelty is starting to wear thin, but we are willing to persevere and see how far we can get him. A couple of days of fun and coding ensues, but lo and behold, he develops the same symptoms as his predecessor. Randomly shutting down for no reason. A complete power down, and only a dunk on his charger would wake him. This happens with a full battery as well as after some play time, so he is not running out of charge. Tried several different devices, Android and Apple and no matter the device, Cozmo would still shut down mid song, mid game etc. Just about to contact Amazon to return the second Cozmo for a refund. Very disappointed with Anki for the quality of their products and I won't be buying another. Bad batch perhaps? Maybe, but I would rather have my money and free time back to do something productive.

Updated review to 5 stars (Was originally 1 star, and I'm leaving the original review at the bottom for completeness). It's been a few weeks since I originally bought 3 Cozmos one after another since none seemed to work, which was very strange. They worked fine (mostly) at my office, but once I got home they just refused to work. Maybe interference with my neighbour's router (since I tried turning mine off) or other wireless devices. I created a support ticket with Anki, and after sending them detailed feedback (including photos/videos) of the problems and exchanging a couple of more messages, an issue was found in the firmware. They fixed the issue and gave me access to a Beta version for me to test. Once I managed to update the firmware after a couple of tries (since the problem itself makes it hard to complete an update), all seems to be working fine. No more problems waking up, disconnects, or random shutdowns. :) The downside is that if you have these problems to begin with, you might need complete the update process in an environment where everything works fine to begin with. I'm happy I managed to help Anki sort this out and provide a better experience for everyone else (hopefully) :) ----- Original review ---- Been trying to get one for my kid, and all 3 I ordered so far are defective. They don't even go through the entire setup procedure without crashing, turning off, disconnecting, etc. Even tried different phones, and USB chargers to make sure it wasn't a power issue. I'm posting some pictures/videos of all 3 I got, although I didn't record all the problems. First one I got: Could barely keep the wifi connection up. It would show "Cozmo 01" error constantly during the setup procedure. Once I got past that, it wouldn't finish the "wake up" setup step without shutting down. After maybe 1 hour of attempting to finish the setup, it successful woke up, and I used it for a few minutes before putting it back in the box to take home (I was in the office). As soon as I got home, I showed it to my kid. He was very excited, but any attempts to get it running failed. Second one: Thinking that maybe going for the Collectors Edition would be safer, I ordered one of those. Once it was delivered (I was in the office), I promptly went trough the setup procedure. This one worked fine first try. Went through the setup just fine, and I played with it for a few minutes before putting it back in the box to take home. Once I got home, any further attempts to get it running failed. Once my kid went to bed, I gave it another go, and was behaving like the first one. Screen corruption, turning off, disconnecting, etc. Because of these problems, the app was also stuck in a loop trying to "update" Cozmo every time I tried to setup it up. As soon as Cozmo crashed it was back to square one. Third one: Order another of the classic ones (white/red). This time I didn't even bothered trying it at work. Only opened it at home after my kid went bed (just to avoid another disappointment). Another dud. Final step of the setup procedure, it makes a loud beep and turns off (You can see that in the video). Even tried leaving it to charge for a long while. No luck. Considering it says in the description "Rigorously tested for durability and security"... I'm either very unlucky, or that's complete B.S. I don't think I'll bother trying to get a 4rd one. Now, time to come up with what to say to my kid once he's back from nursery today, since for the last week, first thing he asks me when I get home is... "Daddy, did you get me another robot?"

If you watch the fun Youtube videos about this little bot then you will believe that it is capable of adjusting the heating and making the breakfast and generally becoming super intelligent. Its amazing personality and groundbreaking AI programming easily enables it to solve all the issues around world peace and the complexities of the human genome. Actually it is amazingly cute and does do all kinds of smart tricks. It is engaging and fun to play with but it wont work without the support of its app. It is at the end of the day just a mobile phone sized brain with wheels and lifter. It is rechargeable. It is pretty robust. It will recognise your face and say your name. It wont make french toast. Our one refused to speak not long after we got it, laryngitis was suspected but I think it had some big secret that it was refusing to share. The support team have been excellent in trying to coax some sounds out of it but sadly I think it has taken a permanent vow of silence...

Aspettavo da un paio di anni di acquistare questo gioiellino, purtroppo il sito di Anki non spediva in Italia, ma adesso grazie ad Amazon, ho potuto comprarlo senza problemi. Detto questo, il robottino è qualcosa che si compra perché è utile, ma per puro divertimento! Il suo scopo è far divertire e intrattenere amici, fratelli e, perché no, anche genitori. L'insieme delle sue funzioni, portano a non stancarsi MAI di lui, soprattutto perché si adatta all'ambiente circostante e lo si può lasciare letteralmente libero ad esplorare, in modo che posso fare tutti i suoi trick, giochi e quant'altro. I materiali sono ottimi, si sente al tatto, e anche dopo una caduta dal tavolo è ancora integro. A proposito, ha un rilevatore per gli spigoli del tavolo, ma consiglio di tenerlo sempre d'occhio (come un piccolo cucciolo) perché uno spigolo arrotondato può mandare in confusione il suo sensore di prossimità. Cozmo o Vector? Domanda da un milione di dollari, o almeno qualche centinaia di euro, sono stato parecchio indeciso sulla scelta. Dopo molti pareri, video, recensioni, youtube, reddit e forum Anki sono giunto alla conclusione di comprare Cozmo. Motivazioni? Vector è ancora "acerbo", nel senso che fa molte cose in più ma non le fa meglio dei dispositivi che fanno solo quello. Mi spiego, ha un'integrazione con Alexa ed è un assistente vocale, ma non è meglio di un Echo p una Siri (e sicuramente non mi metto a chiedere a lui il meteo in Burgundi). Ha un solo cubo e non può giocarci, in aggiunta non credo sia carino (nel tono della voce e nei modi) a Cozmo. Molti dicono "in un futuro sarà molto meglio", siccome è ancora in sviluppo, ma anche Cozmo è ancora supportato; sicuramente non ha le stesse possibilità di "apprendimento", ma in questo momento secondo me non ne vale la pena. In aggiunta, il prezzo di Cozmo è 50% più basso, 200€ a confronto di 300€, non è molto, ma è qualcosa. Da sviluppatore e informatico, vi posso dire che l'SDK per lo sviluppo è migliore in Cozmo, poiché per Vector è ancora in Beta (se non Alpha per i fondatori di Kickstarter). Quindi, anche qui vince il robottino simpatico. Unica "pecca" o funzione che Vector ha un più, è il fatto che non ci voglia uno smartphone/tablet per farlo funzionare, e di conseguenza la ricarica autonoma (Vector torna da solo alla base quando sta per scaricarsi). Detto ciò, consiglio a tutti quelli indecisi di andare a mani basse su Cozmo e, in futuro, vedere gli sviluppi di Vector. Acquisto TOP 10/10, per qualità, durabilità e divertimento, avrete letteralmente un amico robot sempre con voi!

GRUND DES KAUFS Mein Sohn wünschte sich zu seinem Geburtstag einen Roboter. Da mich dieser Wunsch ganz schwer an meine Kindheit und meine Faszination für Roboter erinnerte, recherchierte ich im Internet und fand Cozmo. Es sollte ein einfach zu bedienender und idealer weise witziger Roboter sein. Ob Cozmo diese Eigenschaften inne hat, erfahren Sie, wenn Sie weiterlesen. LIEFERUMFANG Cozmo von Anki kommt in einem schönen Karton mit einer transparenten Garage aus Kunststoff. Mitgeliefert wird eine Ladestation, die per USB verbunden wird. Ein USB-Netzteil ist allerdings nicht dabei, was ich angesichts des sehr hohen Preises eher ernüchternd finde. Cozmo verfügt über einen integrierten Lithium-Ionen-Akku, der über die Ladestation geladen wird. Die Ladedauer beträgt in etwa 30 Minuten, kann aber je nach USB-Netzteil variieren. Voll geladen kann man mit Cozmo ungefähr 90 Minuten spielen. Je nachdem wie man mit Cozmo spielt kann diese Zeit aber auch deutlich kürzer ausfallen. Der Akku in Cozmo kann nicht ausgetauscht werden, fällt aber unter die Garantie von Anki. Mitgeliefert werden drei Cubes, die jeweils eine 1,5V Batterie (Größe N / E90 / LR1) verwenden. Die Batterien sind bei Auslieferung enthalten. Man muss nur eine Plastik-Lasche entfernen, die verhindert, dass diese sich vorher entladen. Die Spielzeit dieser Batterien wird mit 20 bis 40 Stunden angegeben und kann je nach Benutzung variieren. Es kann also sein, dass die Batterie eines Cubes vor der eines anderen ausgetauscht werden muss. Ausgetauscht werden können die Batterien der Cubes mit einem Kreuzschlitz Schraubendreher. Mitgeliefert wird eine Bedienungsanleitung und eine Schnellstartanleitung. INSTALLATION Cozmo kommt schon zur zum Teil geladen an. Man muss ihn im Rahmen der Installation für mindestens fünf Minuten laden und kann dann mit der Installation und dem Anlernen des WLAN netzes beginnen. Dies sollte man beherzigen falls Cozmo als Geschenk für Kinder gekauft wird. Cozmo funktioniert ausschliesslich in Verbindung mit einer App und einem WLAN fähigen Smartphone oder Tablet. Wir nutzen zum Beispiel ein Kindle Fire und ein Apple iPad mit Cozmo. Man wird beim ersten Start der Cozmo App Schritt für Schritt durch ein Menü geführt, bei dem man z.B. den WPA2 Schlüssel von Cozmos eigenem WLAN Netz in das Gerät eingeben muss. Und damit habe ich auch einen ersten Nachteil benannt: Bevor man mit Cozmo spielen kann muss man immer manuell das eigene WLAN Netz von Cozmo auswählen, da es kein Intenetfähiges Netz ist, wählen sich Tablets und Smartphones leider NICHT automatisch ein. Den WPA2 Schlüssel muss man glücklicherweise nicht neu eingeben. Bei unserem sechsjährigen hat das schon mal zu Frust geführt, inzwischen kommt er aber sowohl beim Kindle Fire als auch beim iPad problemlos damit klar. Allerdings kann man dies genauso auch als Vorteil auslegen, denn Cozmo wählt sich nicht unaufgefordert ins Internet ein und sendet nach aktuellem Wissensstand auch keine Bilder (von z.B. unseren Kindern) auf irgendwelche Server. FUNKTION Das erste erwachen von Cozmo ist ein unbeschreiblicher Moment, ich möchte hierzu nichts schreiben, da ich niemandem diesem Moment vorweg nehmen möchte... Cozmo ist ein wirklich niedlicher, lustiger, ziemlich frecher und manchmal auch launischer Wegbegleiter. In der App wird angezeigt ob Cozmo Energie-hungrig ist, repariert werden muss, oder Spielen möchte. Zum Reparieren wird in der App ein Spiel durchgeführt bei der auf- und ab, oder vor- und zurück- Bewegungen der Beweglichen Teile drei Mal durch drücken der vorgegebenen Pfeil Folge durchgeführt werden muss. Untermalt wird alles mit frechen Frotzeleien und Blicken von Cozmo. Bei Füttern wird ein Cube so lange geschüttelt bis die LEDs von anfänglich schwach blau zu grell blau leuchtend verändern. Untermalt wird das ganze von einem sehr schönen Geräusch aus der App. Cozmo findet dann den geladenen Würfel mit seiner integrierten Kamera und lädt sich daran auf. Wird er überladen, bekommt er schluckauf. Man kann ihm dann zum Beispiel helfen, indem man ihn auf den Kopf stellt. In den Spielen merkt man wie lustig Cozmo ist und was für ein schlechter Verlierer er ist. Er meckert wirft Cube-Türme um und freut sich hämisch. Die Spiele und zusätzlichen Funktionen werden ständig ergänzt und ausgeweitet. Toll ist dass die integrierte Kamera Gesichter lernen kann. Dazu platziert man Cozmo auf einem Tisch vor sich und lässt ihn mithilfe der entsprechenden Funktion in der App das gut augeleuchtete Gesich scannen. Man kann hierzu Benutzer anlegen und diese zum Beispiel Papa, Mama, Paul, etc. nennen. Wenn Cozmo das Gesicht erkennt ruft er auch schon mal den entsprechenden Namen, was bei meinem Sohn und meiner Frau schon für Entzücken gesorgt hat, wenn er ganz verliebt Mama, oder Papa gerufen hat. FAZIT Definitiv ein gelungenes Geschenk für unseren 6 jährigen! Dieser kleine Kerl war tatsächlich sein Geld wert. Mein Sohn war so stolz auf sich und so glücklich wegen seinem neuen „kleinen Freund“, dem er schon am ersten Tag so viele neue Tricks beigebracht hatte... und auch nach mehreren Wochen entdeckt er fast täglich neue Funktionen und hat auch schon einige Lieblingsspiele, die an Schwierigkeit und Variation mit dem Erfolg des Kindes zunehmen. Das heisst, die Spiele entwickeln sich dynamisch und passen sich der Leistung des Kindes an. Es fängt einfach an und wird dann aber auch anspruchsvoller. Somit ist auf lange Sicht der Spielspaß gesichert. Ich werde berichten, was wir noch tolles erleben durften. Ich freue mich, dass ich meine Erfahrung mit Ihnen teilen durfte. Falls Sie ergänzende Fragen zum Produkt haben, beantworte ich diese gerne, sofern ich kann. Bitte nutzen Sie dafür die Kommentar-Funktion. Vielen Dank

Robot espectacular con muchas aplicaciones y juegos. Mis sobrinos están encantados con él. Los movimientos y la interacción son espectaculares y además tiene sensores y reconocimiento facial. Periódicamente nos mandan notificaciones para descargar nuevos juegos y funcionalidades. Se carga rápidamente y pueden estar horas jugando con él. Se recomienda utilizar un terminal antiguo para mantenerlo conectado durante el día. De esta forma, nos sorprenderá que se despierta o nos dice cosas cada dos por tres...es muy divertido. Si además soys manitas o freakys de la programación podréis modificar o incluir nuevas aplicaciones. El resultado es muy bueno y recomiendo su compra ya que es uno de los mejores robots interactivos y con gran personalidad en la actualidad. Va a marcar un referente en el mundo de los robots para jugar de la generación de los niños que actualmente tienen entre 8 y 15 años.

Ce robot est vraiment craquant par son réalisme! Il est un peu dans l'esprit de Wall-E Il a des expressions presque humaines. Ses yeux expriment très bien les émotions qu'il veut faire passer. Sa petite voix robotisée est amusante surtout lorsqu'il répète ce qu'on peut lui faire dire! Il y a 4 modes de jeu: -> Mode classique style "Tamagotchi" où Cozmo est indépendant, il interagit, il réclame à manger, d'être révisé ou de jouer...Plus on reste avec lui à lui apprendre toutes ces choses, plus il interagit! ->Mode Jeu: Possibilité de jouer avec Cozmo, jeuX d'adresse, de rapidité avec ses cubes. Plus le tmeps passe, plus on a de possibilités de jeux et plus Cozmo améliore ses performances -> Mode caméra embarquée: Il est téléguidée grâce au smartphone ou tablette en guise de télécommande. Ses yeux sont les caméra.Il n'arrête pas de chanter ou parler! -> Mode Programmation: il y a 2 façons de le faire 1/ Façon simplifiée pour les enfants, la programmation est adaptée pour eux. Pas besoin de langage de programmation, des blocs graphiques contiennent les instructions à exécuter. 2/On peut le programmer en Python. Et dans ce cas là il faut passer par un ordinateur. Cela permet à ceux qui connaissent ce langage de programmation d'avoir plus de possibilités de contrôle. Il a environ 2heures d'autonomie Il arrive dans un carton déjà monté avec ses 3 cubes. Toute la famille adore ce robot qui s'adapte à chaque membre par sa diversité de jeux ou d'action à faire!

Acquistato per progetto di laboratorio informatica di mio figlio e naturalmente per giorcare. Robot non noioso, funziona collegato via wi-fi al nostro cellulare/tablet con app in continuo aggiornamento e aggiunte di funzionalità. Riconoscimento facciale con pronuncia del nome con accento americano ma simpatico... Ci si può giocare per misurare i riflessi e la memoria. Se non ci giocate prima canticchia per attirare l'attenzione e poi in modo autonomo si mette a muovere i cubi prima facendoli girare e poi mettendoli uno sopra l'altro con estrema precisione, software eccezionale. Ha anche la possibilità di essere programmato (sdk). Costoso ma vale tutti i soldi spesi. Agg.to del 30/11/2018 il robot non ha più la forza di alzare i cubi… attivata procedura per la garanzia.