Colin Angle's Familiar Machines and Magic reveals a companion robot

Familiar Machines and Magic, founded by Roomba pioneer Colin Angle, came out of stealth with a prototype companion robot it calls a familiar. The bear-like quadruped, about the size of a small dog, has 23 degrees of freedom and a touch-sensitive knitted coat, and expresses itself through face, eyes, posture and movement rather than speech or a screen. An on-device multimodal model reads faces, gestures and tone, and a behaviour engine shapes a personality that develops through interaction. The first product is due in 2027 at a price Angle compared to owning a dog, making it one of the highest-profile bets on emotionally intelligent home robots.

Source: The Robot Report