Kiko

A companion robot that recognises its owner.

What Kiko does

Kiko learns one person's face and body at setup and tells that person apart from everyone else in the room.

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

Kiko listens for its name, answers in a short sentence and shows what it is doing on a screen face.

Bench photo to come

Spec	Value	Basis
Size	20 × 18 × 30 cm	Target
On one charge	About 70 minutes	Target
Touch	Head, left and right	Target
Camera mast	Rises, turns a full circle and lowers	Target

Stays on Kiko

Sense
Cameras, microphones, touch pads and distance sensors take in the room.
depth camera, mast camera, microphone array, touch pads (head, left, right), distance sensors, motion sensor
Understand
Kiko finds the people around it, picks out its owner and hears its name.
owner recognition by face and body, person tracking, wake word and speech
Decide
Kiko chooses what to do next. Follow, search, answer, react or film.
follow, search, answer, record a reel, react to touch
Act
Wheels, face, voice and the camera mast carry it out.
wheels, screen face, speaker, pop up camera mast

All of it runs on a Jetson with ROS 2. Nothing goes to a server.

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