“Cozmo sees a pet”, noted the iPad while I was writing this review, before Cozmo, for some reason, started barking. If a winning personality can secure your affections, you’re done for the second you set eyes on a Cozmo. The faux-retro lo-fi picture is a nice touch the slightly flaky tilt-based steering, less so.īeyond that, there’s the step-based programming bit, where you can make Cozmo endlessly trundle in a square, pausing only briefly to say “sorry” as penance for earlier frenziedly attacking an iPad rather than pouncing on a finger.Īnki Cozmo verdict: We are dancing mechanic Cozmo’s head-mounted camera beams a video feed to your device, as you drive him about, scaring the cat and identifying ‘humans’. You’ll also have unlocked an Explorer Mode. Within a day or two, Cozmo will have learned to stack cubes and pounce on a finger (disconcertingly sounding like a metal Gremlin while doing so). This ensures you don’t exhaust the thing within hours, and that you properly explore what’s on offer before moving on. To encourage repeat visits, this stuff’s activated in a piecemeal manner using in-app currency earned by interacting with Cozmo. There are daily tasks, which gradually unlock Cozmo’s capabilities: actions, games, and drag-and-drop ‘programming’ based on MIT’s Scratch. It’s entertaining to watch this random activity, but the app is where you properly interact with Cozmo and help make him smarter.

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