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7 covetable toys that blurred the line between robot, pet and friend

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
April 10, 2013 at 9:30 am EDT

Childhood pals Keller Rinaudo, Phu Nguyen and Peter Seid had a simple motivation for creating the smartphone toy robot Romo. As Rinaudo told CNET, it was because most personal robots on the market are simply “sucky.” Rinaudo, Nguyen and Seid — who founded the company Romotive — set out to build a personal robot that […]

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Make your smartphone a personal robot: Keller Rinaudo at TED2013

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
February 26, 2013 at 2:47 pm EDT

Sometimes, it feels like your smartphone is your friend. But if Keller Rinaudo has his way, your phone may be more like a pet. Rinaudo, the co-founder and CEO of Romotive, has created Romo, a smartphone robot. Your phone docks into a robotic base that looks a bit like a powdery blue tank. When you download the Romo app, […]