Misty Robotics Introduces Misty I, a Mobile Robot Developer Platform

In May of last year, Misty Robotics raised US $11.5 million and spun itself out of parent company Sphero. From the sound of things, Sphero cofounder Ian Bernstein had been working on an idea for a new kind of robot inside Sphero for a while, and Misty is the manifestation of that. Misty Robotics' vision is to put a personal robot in every home and office. These robots will be seen and treated as our friends, our teammates, and a part of our families--performing helpful tasks, providing safety, and interacting with humans in entertaining and friendly ways that have only been seen before in science fiction. Misty will begin its mission with the release of its first robot and a collaborative ecosystem for robotic development. That's quite a vision, especially in the context of the sky-high expectations that Jibo isn't (yet) living up to, and that Kuri may struggle to meet.