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Tovbot Launches Shimi Robotic Musical Companion on KickstarterSep 17, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Tovbot announced its plan to bring Shimi, a robotic musical companion, to the masses via Kickstarter, a crowdsourcing platform that helps creative projects come to life. According to a release, it was developed by a team of roboticists from Georgia Tech, IDC Herzliya and the MIT Media Lab. Shimi is an intelligent robot that serves as both a speaker system and dance partner. The Tovbot Kickstarter campaign will be used to transform the Shimi prototype into a product that can be mass manufactured and sold. "Kickstarter is the perfect platform to introduce Shimi to its audience of early adopters who are looking for both practical and novelty innovations," said Tovbot Co-Founder, Gil Weinberg. "We're confident that Shimi will dance his way into everyone's hearts as soon as they hear the sound he produces and see the moves he can make." "In a way, Shimi started out as an animated character. We worked to nail down his personality and then we transferred that into the robot," said Guy Hoffman, Chief Technology Officer. "The result is that Shimi doesn't just play your music, he actually listens to it and enjoys it as much as you do." Tovbot's Shimi has a target availability of February 2013. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |