DragonBot
Every generation hopes the future will be better for their children than it was for them. Even with that hope, the first generation that was banking on the flying car ended up with the personal computer and the second generation raised to think the flying car was coming developed the Internet. As two generations lament the lack of flying cars, the future is looking a little brighter for the next generation. The hope that robots might make life easier and better for the next generation is becoming more of a real possibility because of the DragonBot.
The DragonBot is a robot, though some have diminished it by simply referring to it as a toy. The researchers at MIT, Northeastern and Harvard who worked together to design and manufacture the DragonBot have called it an educational tool. With a $1000 price tag, those who are likely to buy the DragonBot would probably prefer to consider it an educational tool as opposed to a toy as well! While there have been several robotic toys or educational tools on the market in recent years, none is quite like the DragonBot.
The DragonBot is a furry, feathery robot that is over a foot tall. It looks like a cross between an owl and a cocker spaniel. The DragonBot is a robot that has two arms, two legs and a tail that has a limited range of motion. In published tests so far, the DragonBot is able to move up and down and flail its arms. So far, the little robot is also able to shake its torso.
One of the distinctive aspects of the DragonBot is that it does not have a face. While initially this might seem horrible, the designers of the DragonBot seemed to think it was time Android lived up to its name and they designed the DragonBot to use an Android-powered smartphone as a controller. Your Android-smartphone utilizes a special graphics program when you install the DragonBot app. By activating the app and plugging it into the DragonBot’s head, your smartphone becomes the DragonBot’s face! The faceplate is fully animated, so when your DragonBot emotes with eye movements or speaks, the face graphic moves!
What is most remarkable about the DragonBot is that it learns from the experience it has and from the experience of every other operating DragonBot. The DragonBot runs using a Cloud-based program through the Android network. As a result, when one DragonBot learns not to smack a dog in the eye, every DragonBot everywhere learns the exact same lesson! While this might have vastly different results – one need only consider the neighbor child in Toy Story to posit that an entire generation of DragonBots might be raised to rightly fear children – the idea is a very cool one.
For those who love expensive gadgets, toys that learn and their Android smartphones, the DragonBot provides a must-have toy for children and adults alike!
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