What if any small toy could become a robot?

Mu has now made that a reality–for around twenty dollars.

Mu, the world’s first artificial intelligence for toys, launched at CES® 2016 in Las Vegas in January.    This functions as both an “eye” and a “brain” for a favorite toy.   Among the things it enables a toy to do: tracking, face recognition and detecting color and shapes.

Yang Ran (far left) and Tianli Yu (second from right) are the co-founders of technology startup Morpx, Inc., based in Hangzhou, China.  (They also have a U.S. site in Sunnyvale, California.)  Yang and Tianli are co-creators of Mu.  During CES® 2016, they talked about developing their new technology, some of its functions and their vision for the future.

On this edition of Over Coffee® you’ll hear:

• How Mu works;

• The concept on which it was created;

• How Yang and Tianli were first inspired to create Mu;

• What the technology enables “smart” toys to do;

• The challenges Yang and Tianli ran into, as makers, in creating the device;

• The perspectives of their best young “customers”, on Mu;

• How to connect with Tianli and Yang through their Indiegogo campaign.

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