Anki's tiny Cozmo robot is a Pixar character made real

"Perfect is boring," Anki CEO and co-founder Boris Sofman said in an interview. "With the cars, the first version was boring because it was too good. With Cozmo, we wanted him to be imperfect. When he goes and fails to do something, that's not a bad thing... As long as you can detect what happens, it's a good opportunity to show off the emotions it generates." Sofman says the company was inspired by how toddler and pets interact with the world.