November 3, 2015
This post is written by guest-blogger Keshav K. Keshav is ten years old, and he is in fifth grade. He takes Tae Kwon Do lessons. He loves books, yummy food, and movies. This is the fifth time he has attended an Alligator Zone™ program, and his first time ever, being a blogger.
Shreeya, the program host, introduced Nick Kohut, the founder of Dash Robotics™. Nick studied animal and robot movements in college, which he found extremely interesting. His dream was to make robotics easy for young kids. In college, he and a friend made a robot that became very popular. This gave him an idea for the Kamigami™ robot. The robot is called Ka-migami™ because it takes an origami-like skill to build it. The robot even has infrared sensors! The consumers can build and program it themselves.
The robot is pretty amazing. First, it is made to mimic real animal movements. It has a shell that makes it look like an animal too! Also, it can fall from any height and still survive with no damage. Unfortunately, if it lands on its back, it won’t be able to flip over by itself. Nick and his team are trying to fix that, along with trying to make it waterproof. There is also a plan to bring out a robot that can fly! A boy from the audience suggested that it could look like a dragon.
Since the robot could be controlled using any iOS device, a young gentleman asked if the Kamigami™ robot could be operated using the video game controlling ring that the previous startup had presented, and Nick said that it was a very good idea and he would definitely consider it.
Finally, he left with the audience buzzing. This was certainly a productive Alligator Zone™ session!
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