Ximpatico, a U.S. robotic startup, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a programmable robot that handles household tasks such as sanitizing packages, mopping and vacuuming floors, and collecting small objects.
Called Nabot, the robot introduces children to artificial intelligence (AI) and coding concepts, helping to stimulate their interest in science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) subjects.
Additionally, the robot can be used as assistive technology for the disabled and elderly, helping them with daily activities.
The coding interface consists of blocks that users can drag, drop and attach to write code for Nabot. The coding blocks enable the user to move the robot forward and backward, rotate the robot left and right, move each of the joints individually or all together, create customer categories of objects, and write code for when the robot detects an object from a certain category, mark and assign objects to one of these custom categories, create variables and use them in various math equations or other basic programming logic blocks.
The programmable robot can be taught to do other chores as well such as water plants, grab a TV remote, play with pets, stir food in a pan for food prep or use a sanitizing wand for disinfecting packages that come to the home.
To learn more about the Nabot, visit the Ximpatico Kickstarter campaign.
