Cozmo

For other uses, see Cozmo (disambiguation).
Big Brain, Bigger Personality

- Slogan for Cozmo

**Cozmo** was a robot created by Anki. Cozmo's base model, released in October 2016, is a small, white and gray robot with red highlights. It makes use of distinct expressions, dubbed the "emotion engine", in order to mimic human emotion. It also came with 3 Cubes he can interact with. In 2019, Anki want bankrupt and was bought by Digital Dream Labs. Until 2020, Digital Dream Labs discontinued Cozmo and was replaced by a new Cozmo.

## Contents

### Contents

Cozmo, 3 Cubes, Charger, Power Brick, Sticker, Quick Start Guide, Product Information Guide

## Varieties

Cozmo Collecters Edition, Cozmo Limited Edition

# Functions

Cozmo is operated using a App. He connects via Wi-Fi which allows users to control Cozmo with it. He has many modes with it.

## Games

The main interaction. Cozmo loves to play. It is included with 3 different games:

### Quick Tap

Main article: Quick Tap
Race to tap the cube when both cubes have the same color(s), but never tap on red. There are 4 levels: 1, 2, 3, and 4 Colors.

### Keep Away

Main article: Keep Away
Push a cube in front of Cozmo and pull it pack when he try's to pounce on it. If you do, you earn a point, otherwise, Cozmo gets a point.

### Memory Match

Main article: Memory Match
Watch and repeat the pattern the cubes blink by tapping the cubes in order. If you miss you lose a life. Each player has 3 life's.

After winning a game, Cozmo will react happy if he wins, and sad when he loses. Sometimes, he may throw his cube after

## Tricks

Main article: Tricks
Cozmo has 13 tricks. Each requiring Sparks he uses to play games and tricks. For the list of tricks, click here.

## Cozmo's Free Time

Main article: Cozmo's Free Time
In Cozmo's Free Time, you can see what he sees and what he is doing.

## Cozmo Preforms

Main article: Cozmo Preforms
In Cozmo Preforms, you create a story for him to preform with different animations. You can also make him say things.

## Meet Cozmo

You can teach your face to Cozmo! He can recognize up to 10 faces. These can be used in The Code Lab too!

## Explorer Mode

Main article: Explorer Mode
In Explorer Mode, you can control Cozmo with your device! Move him forward or backward! You can also move his lift or head too!

# Development

Since the announcement of *Anki Drive* in 2013, Anki had specialized in toy-like robots and artificial intelligence. When developing *Anki Drive*, Anki co-founder and president Hanns Tappeiner said he "realized that characters and personalities are a big deal", though "cars aren’t the best form factor to bring personalities out". This led to the development of Cozmo, a small robot that aimed to "bring a character to life which you would normally only see in movies". When developing Cozmo, Anki decided to turn necessary machine learning into its personality. For example, it will act curious when it needs to gather information about its surroundings. The development staff created a proprietary set of algorithms called an "emotion engine", which allows Cozmo to accurately mimic human emotion. Anki co-founder and CEO Boris Sofman stated in an interview how Cozmo was purposefully designed to be imperfect, as he found perfection "boring". He elaborated by saying that "when [Cozmo] goes and fails to do something, that's not a bad thing", and that designing Cozmo to react to its own failure creates "a good opportunity to show off the emotions it generates". The design of Cozmo's animations and expressions were led by animator Carlos Baena, who previously worked with Pixar to animate several films. Cozmo's animations also utilize Maya in order to render some of Cozmo's animations.

# Sales

Cozmo had reportedly sold "hundreds of thousands" of units by August 2018. Anki also claimed that Cozmo was the best-selling toy on Amazon in the United States, the United Kingdom and France in August 2018.

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# Trivia

* By CNET, Cozmo is considered a real life version of WALLL-E.

1. ↑ Statt, Nick (2016-10-14). Anki's Cozmo robot is the new, adorable face of artificial intelligence (en-US). Vox Media.