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Pudding Beansprout Robot can teach children proper English at home

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Concept Pudding Beansprout Robot

A future with robots as trusty companions may happen. It’s already happening these days as we are more glued to the mobile screen and computers than ever. It seems to be inevitable as technology advances and as society evolves. We’re not sure if we’ll ever live until that Terminator-like era but robots, no matter what form, may someday rule the world.

It doesn’t mean we’ll go on hating robots. We love robots and related technologies as they’ve become really useful. We just need to draw the line and put boundaries on what such machines can do. The Pudding Beansprout Robot is a concept device meant for kids. It’s a smart robot that can help children learn English at home.

Designer: InDare Innovation

Pudding Beansprout Robot Design

The robot can be a learning partner for a child who wants to learn English. The Beansprout device can teach the language efficiently and systematically. It can also deliver a lot of information, lessons, and facts that will help in any kid’s education.

Pudding Beansprout Robot Sketches

The cute light green robot features a chubby body. It will remind you of Big Hero 6’s Baymax because it’s one of the inspirations apart from a beansprout. It looks like a toy so children will be attracted to it. Its head can do a 300° rotation angle so it can turn different ways. It offers a more immersive English education to the children the whole day so learning is truly fun.

Pudding Beansprout Robot Concept

The industrial design of the robot may be similar to other robots for kids but this one is more intelligent. It’s mainly to teach English to children who want to learn. It takes advantage of AI technology as it “talks” to the kids just like a teacher would. With the robot, the children can know the correct pronunciation of words and learn spoken English in the most authentic way.

Pudding Beansprout Robot Smart Screen

Kids can listen to the robot. Just don’t expect the robot to do things for you because its features and functions are limited. The Pudding Beansprout Robot comes with an LCD screen with a camera and a speaker on the body. Its eyes light up in robot mode so the screen looks like a face.

The Pudding Beansprout Robot was designed by Shenzhen-based group inDare Innovation. It’s the same group that worked on the EtsMe personal and private cloud storage tool from last year. The company has a number of other innovative projects that have the potential to go really big and the Pudding Beansprout Robot is just one. It can deliver a pure English conversation environment with the children at home. Learning shouldn’t stop at school so this kid-friendly robot will be more than useful.

Concept Pudding Beansprout Robot Details

Concept Pudding Beansprout Robot Design Details

Concept Pudding Beansprout Robot Parts

Pudding Beansprout Robot Tablet

Pudding Beansprout Robot Tablet Design

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This smart robot is a playful egg designed to simulate the experience of raising actual pets!

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Every time we think of robots it is a scary visual. When we think of pet robots it’s usually a faceless dog. But what if I tell you that this good egg is actually a pet robot? Well, it is a concept but a very realistic one at that. As we advance in the world of robotics, designs like Eggo remind us that not all robots are bad and some can actually be cute like Eggo!

Eggo’s mission is simple – to give you a robot pet that is always by your side and provides a positive experience to you. This egg-shaped companion lets you raise a pet online or offline without taking away from the experience. It has a simple design, minimal interface, and an organic shape that invites interaction. Eggo moves autonomously by grasping the terrain through a camera. The smart pet also automatically goes to charge itself when the battery is low and I honestly wish my phone did the same thing. Even though it is a robot, designer Hyunjae Tak made sure to include an emotional side so Eggo can express how it is ‘feeling’ through the LED colors which are extremely important when interacting with children. It uses the inner wheel to move on its own and actually forms a unique personality according to how you take care of it just as you would with a real-life pet!

You don’t have to always be online to interact with or raise Eggo, it retains everything offline as well and that helps you build a realistic connection with the product as a pet as opposed to an ‘online game’ feeling (remember Neopets?). Eggo comes with its own smart app and with the various integrations, you can communicate deeper with it.

Designer: Hyunjae Tak

Cardboard pieces come to life with this DIY Robotic kit for kids in collaboration with OPPO

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It’s difficult to ideate a future that doesn’t involve technology running the show. It’s the inevitable way forward and some designers are getting creative with ways to gear the youth up for it. Smartphones might seem practically as common for a kid these days as the shoes on their feet. The language of cloud services and smart technology is somehow integrated into many children’s daily life, however, the language of mechanical operation is often lost. Sarah Willemart and Matthieu Muller of Studio Fantasio designed their children’s toy, Animate, with OPPO, the smartphone company, in order to provide younger people with a tangible lesson regarding the development of fine motor skills, kinesthetic learning, and the inner workings of electronic systems.

Animate is a creative kit designed for children between the ages of four and eight who want to bring their imagination to life through technological construction. Animate allows children to become both the creators and players of their very own robotic toys. Animate comes with a plethora of electronic and crafty elements including an ultrasonic sensor to keep track of movement, information, and environment, a microphone, two DC motors, a vibrator that jiggles the robot, a battery-operated LED light that plugs into the easy board, and charges by USB-C cables, a set of connectors that work like gears, nuts, and bolts to attach templates and cardboard components, a methodology booklet, and lastly, cables to plug in all the components.

The ultrasonic sensor, vibrator, and DC motors work to bring the robotic creation to life, mobilize it, and make it more dynamic of a toy for children, heightened each of the five senses. Each electronic element was exaggerated in size and color in order to make the construction process more approachable and exciting for children and also to give the electronic robot some character, making it distinguishable against other children’s toys. Additionally, each of the robot’s components and modules can be switched out for one another in order to enhance and diversify interactions between the creator and the finished cardboard-mechanical toy.

The colorful and wacky design of the electronic components offer familiarity for young users and the designers behind Animate chose to implement the use of cardboard in order to further the product’s approachability. By including the use of cardboard, children will learn about and recognize the potential and accessibility of sustainable design and the zany connectors and cables that run through each final electronic design will keep children engaged for years to come.

Designers: Studio Fantasio x OPPO