{"id":1492,"date":"2018-06-18T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beingbobblog.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2018-09-17T10:18:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T14:18:05","slug":"an-alexa-enabled-home-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/an-alexa-enabled-home-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"An Alexa-enabled Home Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"authorship-row clearfix padded-panel\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"aa_content_top_ad\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"the-content padded-panel\">\n<div id=\"content-anchor\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-anchor-inner\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-726383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn03.androidauthority.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-840x560.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-840x560.jpg 840w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-16x11.jpg 16w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-32x21.jpg 32w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-28x19.jpg 28w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-56x37.jpg 56w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-64x43.jpg 64w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-1000x666.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/omate-yumi-2.jpg 1400w\" alt=\"omate-yumi-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Home robots are very interesting devices that appeal to children as well as adults (especially geeks). We\u2019ve seen quite a few of them recently, with the charming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/asus-zenbo-cute-little-robot-wants-companion-695604\/\">Asus Zenbo<\/a> leading the pack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the Zenbo, which will retail for $599 when it hits the market, is out of your price range, you might want to consider waiting for the new kid on the block. Omate, the company behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/omate-rise-smartwatch-amazon-alexa-714291\/\">Rise<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/omate-truesmart-plus-smartwatch-coming-soon-643690\/\">TrueSmart+<\/a> smartwatches, recently announced its Alexa-enabled robot that goes by the name of Yumi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Omate - Robot\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S5UTZ-ljKKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-anchor-inner\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The device, which looks very futuristic, is essentially an Android tablet with a set of wheels that responds to your voice commands, thanks to Amazon\u2019s Alexa. On request, it will provide you with the weather forecast, play a song you want to hear, tell you what time it is, and answer any other random question you might throw at it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 5-inch 720p screen serves as the face of the robot and is able to show different expressions. It also boasts a 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, dual stereo speakers, and a 3,500 mAh battery. Unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t have avoidance sensors, so there\u2019s a good chance it will eventually crash into a wall or fall down the stairs. It does, however, have a 5-megapixel \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ultra pixel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d front-facing camera above the display, but because the head of the device isn\u2019t able to tilt, you\u2019ll have to place the robot on a higher surface to use it properly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Yumi robot will be available on November 15th through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, with shipments starting in March 2017. Available in black or white, it can be yours for $369. But if you\u2019re really interested in getting your hands on one, we suggest you head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omate.com\/meet_yumi\" target=\"_blank\">Omates\u2019s website<\/a> to get an early bird discount, while you still can.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong><a class=\"addthis_button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;username=xa-4bc9c938643e7c7d\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home robots are very interesting devices that appeal to children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,976,8,9,10,11],"tags":[1541,1674,1675,1676,1677,1672,1678,1679,1480,1680,1681,1682,1683,1684,1685,1686,1687,1225,1560,760,1688,1689,1690,1505,1595,1247,1691,1641,1692,1693,915,1278,1619,1694,1695,1317,1325,1625,1696,1673,1697,1698,1699,1700,1701,1702,1703,1367,1704,1705,1706,1707,1708,1382],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts-comments","category-life","category-stuff","category-technology","category-tv-music","category-video","tag-adults","tag-alexa","tag-anchor","tag-answer","tag-asus","tag-asus-zenbo","tag-bird","tag-black","tag-block","tag-boasts","tag-camera","tag-content","tag-core","tag-cortex","tag-crash","tag-device","tag-face","tag-fall","tag-front","tag-gb","tag-hands","tag-head","tag-hear","tag-higher","tag-hits","tag-image","tag-inch","tag-large","tag-ljkke","tag-looks","tag-march","tag-market","tag-name","tag-omate","tag-pack","tag-place","tag-price","tag-provide","tag-quad","tag-ram","tag-random","tag-range","tag-retail","tag-rise","tag-robot","tag-sensors","tag-show","tag-size","tag-song","tag-stairs","tag-stereo","tag-storage","tag-surface","tag-time"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","chromenews-featured":"","chromenews-large":"","chromenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Being BOB","author_link":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/category\/all-posts-comments\/\" rel=\"category tag\">All Posts &amp; Comments<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/category\/life\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/category\/stuff\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Stuff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/category\/stuff\/tv-music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TV &amp; Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/category\/stuff\/video\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Video<\/a>","tag_info":"Video","comment_count":"1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p822aG-o4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beingbobblog.com\/happy-holidays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}