Romo it's the robot from the video clip above, which as you can see is controlled with the help of an iPhone terminal and with the help of a dedicated application. Romo is the result of some American students who thought of using the processing power of the iPhone terminals for something more interesting than games. Romo caught my attention by the fact that it works based on the commands provided by the application and as the application is updated, the robot can learn to do new things. Of course, its functionality is not limited to that, because the developers promise to implement new functions as they begin to deliver the first units.
Romotive builds accessible, highly functional, and flexible robotics platforms that are powered by a supercomputer already carried by millions – the smartphone. Our robotics platform adds everything that the smartphone is missing–movement, accessories, and physical capabilities that a true robot needs. But unlike the lame single-purpose machines out there for sale today, our robots will also be able to learn, grow, and change, both by adding new hardware modules to the platform, and more importantly, by bringing to people everywhere a truth app store" for robots, where robots can quickly gain functionalities based on the app they are running (and you can even code your own).
Maybe the idea behind the project seems useless to some, but I can tell you that $80.000 has already been collected to transform the robot from the images into a product available in stores. Its developers have raised twice as much money as they would need to start construction and in a few months Romo will be available for purchase on the Internet.
