I look forward to a plug and play walking module. It is so complicated to get a bipedal robot to walk.

Good discussion!

Another bot : Kuri (Mayfield Robotics / Bosch’s Startup) https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/8/21/17765330/mayfield-robotics-kuri-robot-shutting-down

I think consumer/personal robots is a huge challenge due the relationship nature.

You get the product plus a relationship with a specific supplier / brand.

The consumer(final client) don't want a shell/integration/DIY product they want something that works as whole and with a specific vision.

There are a few software companies providing complementary services on top of Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, their success relies too much on the social network provider. If the provider changes/shutdowns the API or adds a similar offer they will be gone or they need to find another idea.

Companies like Jibo, Anki and others spent a lot of money in engineering to have their software with minimal competitor dependencies. It's much more easy to build a Jibo on top of Alexa or Google, but, you don't own the IP, your data is being used to grow someone else technology, so what will happen when your provider scales up to your space ?

Amazon's Alexa started as a speaker first, then they moved to visual area, and soon will be moving around: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/23/17270002/amazon-robot-home-alexa-echo

The Alexa Robot is a fun idea, it just make sure you do not have any steps, stairs or weird carpets in your house!!

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next step in the evolution: merge drone deliver tech with household robots ... so the solution will be a hybrid drone

Amazon Lynx was a bit of a flop (UBTECH) but it is essentially an echo speaker inside an Alpha 2.    I hope the new one is more successful and has tighter integration.  Boston dynamics was working on the Amazon robot but I think that was for their warehouse (the self balancing inverse pendulum we were all discussing on here a few weeks ago).  I do like the idea of building on existing tech. There are millions of people training Alexa, Google home, Cortana/Zo/Tay and Siri so either of these companies could use their tech as a foundation to build on. The Softbank (Pepper and NAO) with IBM Watson looked interesting but I haven't seen any updates in past year.

"Lynx with Amazon Alexa by UBTECH Robotics"

Amazon Warehouse Robots:  Amazon Robotics, formerly Kiva Systems, Kiva's assets now work only for Amazon's warehouses.

Amazon Alexa Robot code name "Vesta" The Vesta project is in the hands of Amazon's Lab126: https://mashable.com/2018/04/23/amazon-alexa-robot/

EDITED btw I really hope is not a toy bot with Alexa.

At CES I had a visit from David Frerichs and Martin Walker from Amazon. There was a lot of discussion about phonemes. I think you would be surprised what this might be. (Lab 126)

ubtech is a total rip off.