When you learn about the Aido Social Robot, you would think you are read a page out of a science fiction story. It looks like Rosie the Robot from the classic animated series, The Jetsons, but it can do more than just clean your house.
In fact, that is the main selling point of the Aido Robot. It can help you cook by finding the best recipes for a particular dish you are craving for, and even by measuring the ingredients for you. It can also help you stay on top of your schedules and your finances.
The Aido Robot comes with an HD projector as well as top-notch high fidelity speakers. It can project movies for a more fun movie night with the family, or help you update your Facebook status. You can turn it into a boom box, and you can play games with it.
What’s more, the Aido Robot can control your smart home devices, having both Zigbee and Z-wave compatibility, by connecting to your Wi-Fi or connecting via Bluetooth.
Moreover, the Aido Robot includes a storyteller module so that it can read bedtime stories to your kids when you’re running home late or when you’re away on a business trip. It can also remind you of important meetings and you can even ask it to cancel or reschedule an appointment.
If you are going on vacation, you can leave the Aido Robot at home and it can patrol your house for you. It will use its variety of sensors and work with your home security system to alert you of possible intruders, therefore helping you keep your home safe.
A closer look at Aldo Robot’s features and functionalities
Dual operating systems. The Aldo Robot runs on both Android and Linux. It uses Android for its interface systems, and this allows you to have access to millions of apps already available on Google Play.
It is, however, Linux that controls other processes, including the movement, projectors, Wi-Fi connectivity, sensor control, and system guidance. And the good news is that the company plans to make the API for the Linux portion of the robot available to the public.
Multimedia projector. You can opt to have a multimedia projector for the Aldo Robot and this gives you 100 lumens, perfect for high-definition videos.
Dual tech batteries. The robot makes use of both nickel cadmium and lead acid battery. This means that the battery charges fast and can deliver power for a long time. The battery is expected to provide eight hours of operations, even if you tell it to move about for two hours non-stop.
Communication protocols. The Aido Robot can easily control a wide range of smart home devices, thanks to its integrations with Z-Wave, Zigbee, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Wi-Fi.
Sensors. The Aido Robot makes use of several sensors to help it become more useful around the house. These sensors include air quality, ambient light, temperature, pressure, humidity, noise, and 4-dimensional G-sensor.
Obstacles are easily detected. The robot also makes use of infrared lights and object recognition to create a topographic map of your home. It will map out where the doors and furniture are, including the shape of the room.
This forms the basis of its navigational database. The robot can calculate if it can pass between two objects, and if not, will go around the obstacles. Aido is also able to detect and avoid people, pets, and other moving objects.
It lets you pass first before going on its way. Furthermore, the robot has edge detection that tells it to go around furniture or prevents it from trying to go against insurmountable obstacles like stairs.
Charger rings. The Aido Robot has two charging rings that are safe from short circuits and that activates only when it is docked properly.
Ballbot movement. The Aido Robot does not need wheels to move. Instead, it uses ballbot movement, or a spinning ball to get around. This helps the robot become more agile and enables it to turn more easily and change course quickly when it bumps into something.
It can go from hardwood floors to carpet areas with ease, too. Helping the robot stay upright are retractable legs that shoot out from under it in case it tilts more than eight degrees. These retractable legs help the robot stabilize itself when you push it.
Object recognition. The Aido Robot can recognize objects and images, helping it avoid obstacles. It uses a database that has more than 3,000 objects and it can run offline. The Uncanny Vision database also helps the robot recognize different objects in just 200 milliseconds.
Easy set up. Setting up the Aido Robot is very easy and is done via its companion app. Everything you need already comes in the package, including the robot itself and the charger. You can opt to get the smart appliance kit, the smart ball, and the custom skin kit.
Tabletop mode. There are situations when you just need the Aido Robot to sit still and give you pointers on how to fix a broken faucet or how to cook a dish. You can detach the robot’s head and put it anywhere near you.
Even in tabletop mode, you can still use voice commands to control the robot, control smart home devices, use the projector, and use the sensors and most other functionalities. The tabletop mode also helps you save on battery.
Sleep mode. Speaking of conserving battery energy, you can ask the robot to go to sleep. All functionalities will be turned off except for navigation, voice recognition, and the haptic sensors. You can wake the Aido up by tapping it or asking it to wake up.
Optional smart appliance kit. The smart appliance kit makes it possible for you to turn any non-smart appliance into a smart device that the robot
can control.
The kit has three smart plugs that allow you to plug in any appliance you want to be able to remotely turn on or off, such as your water heater. It also has two smart bulbs that you can ask Aido to turn on or off, or dim.
Optional smart ball accessory. If you have pets, you must consider getting the smart ball accessory, which also moves using voice commands or via the mobile app, much like how you control the Aido robot. Your pets will have fun playing with it as you tell the ball where to go.
Mobile app. You would need to download the iOS or Android mobile app in order to control the Aido Robot. The mobile app allows you to set the path that you want the robot to patrol, control connected smart home devices, tell the robot to charge itself, and create daily routines.
You can also use the mobile app to schedule events and to tweak the settings for the various alerts you receive. Some of the alerts that the Aido Robot gives you include the data its sensors take such as noise and air quality data, and photos and videos of your home when you are out, among others.
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