![]() ![]() Planning paths from point to point while avoiding obstacles. ![]() For example, recognizing faces and tracking them in real time. One of the things that we really felt that we need to do is open up not just the kind of functionality that’s normally available in robotics SDKs- things like turning on lights or moving motors- but all the stuff that we’ve developed over the last four years that’s much higher level than that. Hanns Tappeiner: Most of the company here are robotics geeks, so we’ve worked with a lot of robotics SDKs. IEEE Spectrum: How is Cozmo’s SDK different from other SDKs that you get with other robotic toys? Our interview with Hanns Tappeiner, and some sample code, coming right up. However, after speaking with Anki co-founder and president Hanns Tappeiner, we’re a bit more optimistic that Cozmo’s SDK might actually motivate you (and other people) to do some really cool stuff with this robot. At first, this didn’t seem like that big of a deal-lots of companies release SDKs with their robots in the (usually futile) hope that developers will latch onto it and imbue their robots with all kinds of new and exciting features continually and for free. ![]() Today, Anki is announcing what we have to look forward to in the SDK that’ll come with Cozmo. Anki seemed to be determined to overinflate an otherwise interesting and capable little piece of hardware into an expectation-laden “part of the family.” We’re not interested in expectations: We want to know what this robot can do, and how it’ll continue to hold our attention after the first 5 minutes. When we first saw all of Anki’s PR for its forthcoming Cozmo robot, we were impressed-mostly. ![]()
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