Misty Robotics Builds on Developer Platform With New Personal Robot

Misty Robotics announced their developer platform, Misty I, just a few months ago. Misty I was a hand-built prototype, with similar essential functionality in hardware and software to a more refined production robot that the company planned to release later in the year. Later in the year has now arrived, and today Misty Robotics is launching a crowdfunding campaign for a much more polished personal robot, Misty II, which can be yours to program starting at $1,500. In theory, I can definitely appreciate this idea of a platform being what's holding useful personal robotics back. It's very appealing to think about, and it would be wonderful if true, with legions of independent developers who can't wait to work with something capable and accessible enough for them to program to do what they want it to do without any special training.