When IOS users first let Siri into their lives, they fell in love. Siri was a breakthrough in audio communicative interface for mobile devices, but she lacked something very important in her design: She could never really be your friend.
As much as the user pesters Siri with questions, or tries to converse with her, she shies away from difficult conversations and has difficulty maintaining any sort of natural-feeling conversation. A new robot has arrived that promises to put back all the warm hearted feelings that Siri lacks. Musio promises to be able to maintain a more fluid conversation, help you with day to day tasks, and as time passes Musio learns your routine and helps you with day to day life.
The campaign to put a Musio in every home
As of right now the Indigogo campaign to fund the creation of the Musio is at 147% of its goal and has raised over 74,000 dollars with 14 days still left to campaign! People are flocking to pick up the robot that will help them control things like the air conditioning in their home, answer their e-mails, and be their new best friend. With several levels of donation to choose from, there are multiple robots to choose from.
Musio is for everyone, on any budget
The starting bracket for donations is 99 dollars, which gets you a Musio “Simple Brain”. 300 dollars puts a Musio “Smart Brain” in your home, and 550 dollars gets you the Musio “Genius”. Each robot has limitations as to what functions it can perform, but all of them have the ability to learn and adapt to their user’s needs. The largest jump in quality between robots is from the Musio “Simple Brain” to the “Smart Brain”. The “Simple Brain” is capable of remembering only 5 conversations, but the “Smart Brain” has developmental technology that allows for more natural conversations with the adorable artificial intelligence.
When considering the “Smart Brain” as opposed to the “Genius”, it’s all about computing power, and memory. “Smart brain” has a 1.2 GHz processor and only 16 GB of memory, whereas the “Genius” has a 2.5 GHz processor and a huge 64 GB of memory space.
The video introduction on the Musio website demonstrates the ability that Musio has to adapt, and how useful it can be on a daily basis whether because it’s remembering events on a calendar, or just helping you spell words when you’re writing at home.
The Musio project may just be in the beginning phases of funding for the ambitious undertaking of putting Artificial Intelligence in the homes of consumers, but those who meet Musio won’t just see a robot, they will see their new best friend.
Musio Finds Its Way into Our Homes, and Our Hearts
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