Sofman: Anki Vector detethers from phones using onboard tablet-class processing
Boris Soffman · a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots · Jan 2, 2019 · at 6:24
Boris Sofman, CEO of robotics startup Anki, explains the architectural transition from their smartphone-tethered robot Cozmo to their standalone home robot Vector.
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“From a technical standpoint, there was a huge, huge leap there because we now detethered away from a mobile device and put the equivalent of a tablet inside of this robot's head so that he can be always on and alive a hundred percent of the time, go back to his charger, recharge, wake up, and that allows him to initiate interactions in a way that previously would not have been possible by somebody pulling you out and launching an app.”
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