Aido is an interactive social home robot. He’s an all in one package that comes with the best of home automation, security, assistance, entertainment and much more! Aido is the next generation social family robot. Smart, interactive, and uniquely mobile, Aido is the first social robot that can move around your home/office to help improve your lifestyle.
He can play with your kids, help you with household chores, handle your schedule, and keep your home connected and safe. (official site: http://www.aidorobot.com/)
Awarded "GameChanger" of 2016 by the world's leading tech magazine (T3). Aido has received over 700,000$ in pre-orders! Aido started a Indiegogo project in 2017 (link:: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aido-next-gen-home-robot--2#/)
Design and construction of robot Aido was based on non human apperiance (to avoid phenomenom of uncanny valley). Its reference from nature was based on dolphin where bottom part is a ball which can rotate to all directions - Aido have four points of contact for the mobility mechanism and does not balance on a single ball . Its program concept is complex and developed to use different apps. it has Operating Systems: Android and Linux Compatible with All Android Apps as: House Maintenance, Kitchen Assistant, Medication and Health, and, Personal Assistant Butler, Escort and Tag Mode Task Automation Way points and Points of interest Patrol Paths /Escort Paths Indoor Mapping : WiFi and Object Recognition (more on company site of Ingen Dynamics: https://www.startengine.com/startup/aido)
AIDO has it's own blog: on which there are interesting descriptions about Aido's design: (following article in small fonts is from: http://news.aidorobot.com/aido/aido-robot-design-philosophy/).
When we began discussing the idea of Aido, we explored various options for the design.
Research around robotic aesthetics also shows that humanoid robots face the challenge of the uncanny valley: the hypothesis being that as the appearance of a robot is made more human, there is a threshold beyond which it starts feeling strange and invoke unpleasant emotions.
We wanted to the robot to be mobile and be able to navigate around home on its own. But a biped robot can easily slip into uncanny valley territory.
What could a mobile robot be if not a humanoid?
While exploring options, we came across a ballbot design – where the base of the robot is a single omnidirectional ball on which the robot can navigate. The ballbot base fits a lot of our requirements around mobility, balance & recovery.
We figured with a bit of ergonomic research that the best height for such a robot would be between 3 and 3.5 ft. This meant that the interactions with Aido would seem natural whether you’re standing, lying on a bed or sitting.
Our industrial designer turned to biology for inspiration: he began studying the dolphin.
Dolphins are highly social animals, living in groups. Dolphins teach, learn and cooperate amongst themselves. They are known to form strong bonds, not only with their species but also with others.
Across several iterations, Aido began to take shape.
Aido would be a ballbot, about 3 to 3.5 feet in height, would have a touchscreen ‘head’ for tactile inputs, would support voice recognition, have a projector for output and special charging rings that could allow it to charge on its own.
He can play with your kids, help you with household chores, handle your schedule, and keep your home connected and safe. (official site: http://www.aidorobot.com/)
Awarded "GameChanger" of 2016 by the world's leading tech magazine (T3). Aido has received over 700,000$ in pre-orders! Aido started a Indiegogo project in 2017 (link:: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aido-next-gen-home-robot--2#/)
Design and construction of robot Aido was based on non human apperiance (to avoid phenomenom of uncanny valley). Its reference from nature was based on dolphin where bottom part is a ball which can rotate to all directions - Aido have four points of contact for the mobility mechanism and does not balance on a single ball . Its program concept is complex and developed to use different apps. it has Operating Systems: Android and Linux Compatible with All Android Apps as: House Maintenance, Kitchen Assistant, Medication and Health, and, Personal Assistant Butler, Escort and Tag Mode Task Automation Way points and Points of interest Patrol Paths /Escort Paths Indoor Mapping : WiFi and Object Recognition (more on company site of Ingen Dynamics: https://www.startengine.com/startup/aido)
AIDO has it's own blog: on which there are interesting descriptions about Aido's design: (following article in small fonts is from: http://news.aidorobot.com/aido/aido-robot-design-philosophy/).
When we began discussing the idea of Aido, we explored various options for the design.
Research around robotic aesthetics also shows that humanoid robots face the challenge of the uncanny valley: the hypothesis being that as the appearance of a robot is made more human, there is a threshold beyond which it starts feeling strange and invoke unpleasant emotions.
We wanted to the robot to be mobile and be able to navigate around home on its own. But a biped robot can easily slip into uncanny valley territory.
What could a mobile robot be if not a humanoid?
While exploring options, we came across a ballbot design – where the base of the robot is a single omnidirectional ball on which the robot can navigate. The ballbot base fits a lot of our requirements around mobility, balance & recovery.
We figured with a bit of ergonomic research that the best height for such a robot would be between 3 and 3.5 ft. This meant that the interactions with Aido would seem natural whether you’re standing, lying on a bed or sitting.
Our industrial designer turned to biology for inspiration: he began studying the dolphin.
Dolphins are highly social animals, living in groups. Dolphins teach, learn and cooperate amongst themselves. They are known to form strong bonds, not only with their species but also with others.
Across several iterations, Aido began to take shape.
Aido would be a ballbot, about 3 to 3.5 feet in height, would have a touchscreen ‘head’ for tactile inputs, would support voice recognition, have a projector for output and special charging rings that could allow it to charge on its own.
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