Lynx, mini humanoid robot with Amazon Alexa, UBTECH Robotics Corp., Ltd, Shenzhen, China

Lynx: a humanoid robot with Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. Lynx combines UBTECH’s award-winning proprietary robotics with the automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding and search capability of Amazon Alexa, resulting in a lifelike human-to-robot interface.

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The Lynx by UBTech has Alexa inside, but it also does Yoga, dances, sings and even interact with your kids during video calls.

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A humanoid robot with Amazon's assistant built in, Lynx controls your smart home and helps you exercise.

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Today we unbox Lynx and see whats in this $800 robot! Lynx with Amazon Alexa is a voice-activated humanoid robot. With Lynx you get the best of both worlds by combining premium robotics with the ever evolving capabilities of Amazon's Alexa. With Lynx, you can perform multiple functions such as: All current and evolving Amazon Alexa skills (playing music, weather forecasts, reminders, and shopping to name a few). Avatar Mode where a user can view the world through Lynx's "eyes" via the app - no matter where you are in the world. Whether you're in the next room or across the world - you can see what Lynx sees. Lynx owners can even put their robot in Surveillance Mode via the app and get a 30 second video sent directly to their smart phone if the PIR sensor on Lynx's chest is activated - it might just be Fido walking into the room, but you'll still know whats happening at home when and if you are not. Last but not least, your Lynx is a walking, talking, humanoid robot - make sure to have fun with Lynx! After your to-do list is completed, take some time out and do some yoga or practice sweet dance moves with your Lynx - she's a great teacher.

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From its rudimentary smart home skills to its unclear yoga instructions, Lynx fails to earn its keep.

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