i like the buddy more.it got arms to and a lazer.

Just my thoughts on it... I have more faith in Asus being able to deliver. Also, Asus is looking for developers to help out. This is more of a crowd programmed methodology which will help attract more developers/DIY/Inventor types.

My goodness, that was the longest, most boring commercial for a robot I have seen. The really dialed up the sap for that. Don't get me wrong, I want one, just as long as I never have to see any of those people in the commercial again, LOL "Grandpaw needs a new belt" <barf>

This one impresses me more, but is much higher cost. www.amyrobotics.com

The way that Asus is going about the programming is pretty smart though.

"Seeing is believing", there are so many robots being funded, developed. Not all will succeed.

beside the basic sensors: encoders, ultrasonic sensors, there are no lidar or depth camera.

The robot will use heavily the video camera, video processing is cpu intensive, ARMs cpu are slow, i'm curious how the robots will localize and navigate in a dynamic environment e.g. Household.

The AMY M1 has the depth camera on their upper end robots. It is under the screen. I have no clue what it is though. I have been talking to their tech team through emails. I will have a phone conversation with them next week.

On the Asus bot, I have signed up to be a developer for them. We will see if they invite me in

Hahahaha, yeah...the commercial is superlame!

Haha that's an embarrassing commercial, holy!

You and I all know where Robotics is at - and the limitation of useful navigation, recognition, etc.. It's amazing what features you can present using special effects in a commercial (jibo's failure is a great example). The fact is, we will get there... But these silly "personal robots" are not the way.