 Hey everybody, this is Ross with The Verge, and this is my new best robot friend, Zo. Say hi, Zo. So Zo is made possible by a Robox kit known as Zyro, my company called Zeroui. And what I love about this is everything is built in and built around the idea of using hand gestures to control. This is the glove right here. I'm a little sensitive right now, I'm still learning to drive Zo, but more or less Zo does what I ask it to. So right now if I'm twisting my hand a little to and fro, Zo is gonna kind of turn to the camera. I use a gesture here to wave one hand, wave the other, wave both, and spin a little bit. That is clearly my thumb kind of going off the rails, but I will say Zo is actually really responsive. This is maybe a little more of a sensitivity setting than I was comfortable with at first, but I'm kind of getting the hang of it and kind of enjoying it. I'm really enjoying the temperamental behavior, I'll say that. So the Zyro Robox kit was something we actually got to see earlier this year at CES. They've had an Indiegogo campaign, it is just about wrapped up, and the goal, now that they're funded, is to kind of get these kits out to people, to funders especially, by the beginning of next year. And we've seen Robox kits before, we've seen a lot of people, like Lego obviously does them, Arduino is a big maker thing, and to be honest, Zyro supports that stuff. This is actually a pretty open API, but even if you don't need to do all that and you just kind of want to learn to make robotics, this is a very self-contained unit. You can use one to make a robot, you can use up to eight, each kit comes with four of these sensors, and all it does is it connects over Wi-Fi. This kit is doing Bluetooth, but the final product will connect over Wi-Fi. And using a smartphone app, you basically kind of program which gesture you want to make, kind of which motion, and motion is going to be defined as kind of twisting clockwise or counterclockwise on each side, or not moving at all. And that's kind of how you start pantomiming these kind of things. You start pantomiming these kind of motions. Really, again, this robot is just a series of limbs and axles that you kind of control at your will. The system itself is a very drag and drop, it's very user-friendly. It does take a little finagling if you want to figure out which direction the arm is going to go, but again, it's a fun educational experience to do that. And again, however you want to control that and kind of program it is up to you. And that is kind of the gist of Zyro. Again, this is one of the many examples they're going to have. It ships starting early next year after they go into manufacturing, which is once the Indiegogo campaign is done. And then once they kind of get the early funders out of the way, it'll be on sale elsewhere, shipping elsewhere, educators, makers, hobbyists, tinkers, and very lonely people who like cardboard robot friends, like me. Yes, me. Shake it, which is the universal sign of turning things on. Phrasing. I'm just going to... Please cut that line out. Middle, higher the right. Whoa, whoa. And oh yeah, I'm going to need to handshake that one.
 Hey everybody, this is Ross with The Verge, and this is my new best robot friend, Zo.
 Say hi, Zo.
 So Zo is made possible by a Robox kit known as Zyro, my company called Zeroui.
 And what I love about this is everything is built in and built around the idea of using
 hand gestures to control.
 This is the glove right here.
 I'm a little sensitive right now, I'm still learning to drive Zo, but more or less Zo does
 what I ask it to.
 So right now if I'm twisting my hand a little to and fro, Zo is gonna kind of turn to the
 camera.
 I use a gesture here to wave one hand, wave the other, wave both, and spin a little bit.
 That is clearly my thumb kind of going off the rails, but I will say Zo is actually really
 responsive.
 This is maybe a little more of a sensitivity setting than I was comfortable with at first,
 but I'm kind of getting the hang of it and kind of enjoying it.
 I'm really enjoying the temperamental behavior, I'll say that.
 So the Zyro Robox kit was something we actually got to see earlier this year at CES.
 They've had an Indiegogo campaign, it is just about wrapped up, and the goal, now that they're
 funded, is to kind of get these kits out to people, to funders especially, by the beginning
 of next year.
 And we've seen Robox kits before, we've seen a lot of people, like Lego obviously does
 them, Arduino is a big maker thing, and to be honest, Zyro supports that stuff.
 This is actually a pretty open API, but even if you don't need to do all that and you just
 kind of want to learn to make robotics, this is a very self-contained unit.
 You can use one to make a robot, you can use up to eight, each kit comes with four of these
 sensors, and all it does is it connects over Wi-Fi.
 This kit is doing Bluetooth, but the final product will connect over Wi-Fi.
 And using a smartphone app, you basically kind of program which gesture you want to
 make, kind of which motion, and motion is going to be defined as kind of twisting clockwise
 or counterclockwise on each side, or not moving at all.
 And that's kind of how you start pantomiming these kind of things.
 You start pantomiming these kind of motions.
 Really, again, this robot is just a series of limbs and axles that you kind of control
 at your will.
 The system itself is a very drag and drop, it's very user-friendly.
 It does take a little finagling if you want to figure out which direction the arm is going
 to go, but again, it's a fun educational experience to do that.
 And again, however you want to control that and kind of program it is up to you.
 And that is kind of the gist of Zyro.
 Again, this is one of the many examples they're going to have.
 It ships starting early next year after they go into manufacturing, which is once the Indiegogo
 campaign is done.
 And then once they kind of get the early funders out of the way, it'll be on sale elsewhere,
 shipping elsewhere, educators, makers, hobbyists, tinkers, and very lonely people who like cardboard
 robot friends, like me.
 Yes, me.
 Shake it, which is the universal sign of turning things on.
 Phrasing.
 I'm just going to...
 Please cut that line out.
 Middle, higher the right.
 Whoa, whoa.
 And oh yeah, I'm going to need to handshake that one.