Romo – A Smartphone Robot – Kickstarter

My new favorite Kickstarter project is Romo – its a small robot that will use the brains from your smartphone to move around the house.

As of now, inventors Peter Seid & Phu Nguyen, who are self-professed robot lovers, have funded the project more than twofold with two more weeks to go. And its understandable. Romo is inexpensive ($78 backers get a fully assembled Romo), cute, and is a good mix between plug and play and some of the more complicated and time consuming robot kits out there. Its an opportunity to talk about robotics and the programs that they use to run.. All while supporting a cool project.

Let’s home Romo looks and acts as well as they expect it to. It’s definitely a winner.  Romo looks like a gateway project for other smartphone-controlled robotics. I’m looking forward to seeing Romo in action as well as the next thing Romotive has up their sleeve.