Anki's AI-Powered Cozmo Robot Is A Pixar Character In Real Life

Drawing from artificial intelligence (AI) advances that often don't trickle down to consumers out of the commercial sector, the company behind the Overdrive robotic cars is preparing to ship an animated little bot. Anki's Cozmo, with its machine learning and dynamic personality, is redefining the term "bringing toys to life." Anki describes Cozmo as being a real-life version of the type of robot companions seen in films. When watching the little soda-can-sized robot take in the world around it, Pixar's Wall-E comes to mind. Cozmo can get around the real world using a set of caterpillar tracks, the continuous tracking technology that's often employed in tank designs.