Kiwi
![A 30 cm cartoonish robot with a green shell and feather like outfit that gives it the appearance of an owl with a smiling yellow face.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/f013724ce4b097c1a6704b3281488b661ceffd08-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Kiwi is a tabletop robot tutor and friend. It has a bird-like appearance, LCD face, and is used in classroom activities and for working with children with autism spectrum disorder.
- Creator
- Year
- 2016
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
Did you know?
Kiwi has been in its own movie about how it can play with kids in an elementary school setting.
![The robot sits on a table surrounded by children looking at computers that will control it.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/d8ca4cc50ddd14b039753ec2172b93a8633b82d7-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![A view inside the robots cute exterior shows a smiling cartoonish face on a display, and a red base with electronics.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/c8f7ce38406597efaf47295f41707583dbe8fd67-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Interchangeable skins for varying appearance. The SPRITE (Stewart Platform Robot for Interactive Tabletop Engagement) robot is built around a 6 degrees-of-freedom Stewart platform base, with a bracket that holds a mobile device, on which the robot's face is displayed.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2016
- Website
- Height
- 30 cm
- Actuators
Power HD 1235MG servo with Micro Maestro 6-channel USB servo controller
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 6
- Compute
Mobile phone, held by a bracket attached to the base.
- Cost
- $4,500