Many companies at the Mobile World Congress are showing off robots that can serve a variety of purposes. However, only Temi and CloudMinds seem to really offer significant value for users.
At big events like MWC, there’s bound to be a number of companies showing off pretty interesting, and often weird, technology. Going around in some of the areas, especially some of the Asian booths, robots seem to be a relatively common kind of product, but most of them aren’t very useful. We took a quick look at some of those on display – here’s what they’re like.
Temi
Let’s start with what’s clearly the most interesting one for home use, Temi. Now, Temi isn’t a new name for those who’ve been paying attention. The robot was initially announced in 2017, and it was expected to go on sale by the end of 2018. It ended up launching in the United States at CES 2019, but for MWC, the company announced a partnership that will let it go live in Europe as well.
Temi is a pretty interesting robot – it’s got a 10-inch screen that you can watch media on, and the speakers are pretty powerful too. You can play music from services such as Spotify on it, and apparently, the team is even working to implement Amazon’s Alexa so you can control more of your home using Temi. There’s also an SDK so that developers can build their experiences for Temi.
In addition to that, Temi can navigate your house and avoid obstacle thanks to its sensors, it can memorize places, and it can follow you around as long as you want it to. I was half expecting it to bump into me, but that didn’t happen.
