Kiko knows who it's for.

A small home robot built for one person. It knows its owner and keeps what it sees.

Kiko three-quarter view with camera mast raised

Most machines don't know who they're for.

A robot that follows people usually goes to whoever is closest. A camera at home needs someone behind it, or a server somewhere to work. Neither knows you.

A camera left behind as a person walks away

Meet Kiko.

20 × 18 × 30 cm. A face that shows what it is thinking. A camera on a mast that rises when it is needed. Designed and built in Berlin.

One robot. One person.

Knows its owner

Working

Kiko learns one person at setup and tells them apart from everyone else. Other faces are not saved.

Stays with you

Working

Kiko keeps a set distance behind its owner, past other people, and searches calmly when it loses them.

Answers to its name

Working

Say "Kiko". It answers in a short sentence and shows what it is doing on its face.

Keeps you in frame

In testing

Raise the mast and Kiko can film you while you move.

Sense. Understand. Decide. Act. All inside Kiko.

Kiko sees in depth, listens and feels touch. It works out who is who, picks its next move and acts with wheels, voice, face and mast. All of it runs on a Jetson computer inside the robot, with ROS 2.

What Kiko sees stays on Kiko.

A robot with a camera lives in your home. What it sees should stay in your home.

Only the owner's data, on the robot
Other faces are not saved
Nothing sent to a server

Built in the open.

What works, what is in testing and what comes next, with dates.

Bench photo to come

Working

15 October 2026
Knows its owner
15 October 2026
Stays with you
17 October 2026
Answers to its name
16 October 2026
Shows what it is doing on a screen face
15 October 2026
Sees in depth, vision on the GPU
17 October 2026
Built and documented in the open
17 October 2026
20 × 18 × 30 cm
17 October 2026
Everything runs on the robot

In testing

17 October 2026
Camera mast rises, turns a full circle, lowers
17 October 2026
Keeps you in frame
17 October 2026
Touch on head, left and right
17 October 2026
About 70 minutes on one charge
17 October 2026
Faces of other people are not saved

Latest from the build log

Full build log

17 October 2026
Kiko gets a voice
Full build log
16 October 2026
Kiko has a face
Full build log
15 October 2026
Vision on the GPU
Full build log

The hard part.

Most robots that follow people track the nearest person. Kiko tracks one, and keeps doing so when they turn around, change a jacket or walk behind someone else.

Read the research notes