The BUDDY Robot of Blue Frog Robotics

The BUDDY robot is the companion robot that improves your everyday life. It is open source and easy to use.

It protects the house, offers assistance in the kitchen, entertains the family with music and videos, acts as a calendar and alarm clock and has interfaces with popular smart home solutions. The robot can hear, speak and see and make appropriate head movements.

It is fully mobile with 3 wheels and has an abundance of sensors allowing him to navigate, learn and interact with the world around him.

 

BUDDY is built on an open-source technology platform making it easy for developers to build new applications.

It is a modular platform that can be expanded with accessories to make daily life easier, safer and a little more fun.

 

Features of BUDDY according to the manufacturer:

- Watching and monitoring the house.

- Sending alerts for unusual situations.

- Temperature sensor, sensing fires and floods.

- Connecting smart devices such as thermostats, lighting, wearables ...

- Smart home hub control by voice commands or remotely via the mobile app.

- Mobile telepresence.

- Sharing photos and videos.

- Connect to social networks.

- Family scheduler, alarm clock and to do list.

- Gives practical information such as weather reports, recipes, traffic etc.

- Mobile audio and video station.

- Take foto’s and film special moments.

- Play games and storytelling.

- Interactive spelling and counting games.

- Gives an introduction to programming.

- Fall detection and unusual inactivity detection of the elderly.

- Medication reminders.

- Basic social interaction and offers access to technology for elderly.

- Download new applications.

- Expandable with new accessories.

 

 

Blue Frog Robotics: http://www.bluefrogrobotics.com/en/home/

Forum: https://www.mybuddyworld.com