Ropet alternatives appearing in China

[Chris]

Came across this unknown robot from China that resembles Ropet. Looks like we can expect a huge variety of similar soft robots to emerge from China on the back of Ropet’s international success.

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[robot_underlord]

They look interesting and they have functions such as setting alarms, reminding owner to sleep or rest, purring when touched, It also seems more robust than ropet as somebody is throwing it off the sofa in one of the videos. It looks like it has a soft face not plastic. However, to me, Ropet looks smarter in its emotive eyes than this one, though Ropet does less. I hope they update Ropet with more expressions and vocal sounds, and more interactivity. For instance, Ropet has a habit of staring at you for ages, way past the comfort zone, because it hasn't been programmed to do much else except wait for somebody to notice it as it spins on the charger. Designers need to give it better idle animations.

 

[Chris]

Definitely needs a larger variety of animations and behaviours while idle. Also desperately needs to be capable of turning towards the owner when they call it by name.