Buddy, companion robot, Blue Frog Robotics, Paris, France

The French national TV aired a story about Buddy, a robot who is caring for the elderly and disabled people. Buddy helps older adults stay in-home longer. For example, Buddy reminds someone about medications, lets stay connected with simple video phone calls, reads email messages aloud, or calls for help.

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Learn how BUDDY, the first robot powered by Unity3D and Android, became one of the highlights of the most important regional gathering of developers: UNITE EUROPE 2015.

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In the world of robotics, there are many big arms. BUDDY, suitable for family life has convinced thousands of Innorobo's visitors with his captivating appearance and his small size, that will allow him to enter every home.

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The first social robot that connects, protects, and interacts with each member of your family.

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BUDDY robot is this time together with children, who will discover for the first time in its new version. After several workshops, they have grown fond of the little robot companion.

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Discover Buddy, the first mobile companion robot, accessible to everyone, by Blue Frog Robotics!

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Once upon a time, there was a little nice prince, BUDDY, who knew how to seduce women with his cuteness and his fiery-eyes.
BUDDY perfectly demonstrates his seductive talents in this video, especially dedicated to all women in the world.
Thanks for your support ladies!

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Buddy, a friendly robotic family personal assistant from Blue Frog Robotics, stopped by the CNET studios this week, and it might just be the closest thing to R2 we've seen yet.

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A family that adopted BUDDY meets the companion robot for the first time.

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TechCrunch's Lucas Matney takes a look at Buddy the Family Companion Robot and talks with CEO of Blue Frog Robotics, Rodolphe Hasselvander.

Read full article: "Buddy Is A Really, Really, Ridiculously Cute Family Robot"

by Lucas Matney
August 31, 2015

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Blue Frog Robotics' companion robot named Buddy is set to be released later in 2016. Oriane guest hosts the Newscast once more to highlight some of Buddy's cute and exciting features!

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Watch the video to learn how to start creating your BUDDY apps and also discover how ONE POINT, one of our first Alpha partners to have a BUDDY prototype, is using the SDK to develop apps for their internal use and their customers.

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Blue Frog’s Buddy robot is designed to be a personal assistant, but unlike your Amazon Echo or Google Home, Buddy can roll around your house, where you can interact with it. It’s somewhere between a pet, a security camera, a toy, and a more general assistant, Buddy has a lot of heart but might not quite be ready for primetime yet, especially with more polished assistants around.

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Trains operated by iDTGV, a subsidiary of French national railways SNCF, welcomes on-board Buddy
BUDDY provides assistance when boarding trains, in addition to regular iDTGV staff.
In the refreshment car (Cafe iDTGV): BUDDY detects when passengers are nearby and makes contact to propose a range of fun activities, such as taking a photo or posing for a selfie with BUDDY and then posting it on social media. BUDDY can also invite passengers to play games or test their knowledge on iDTGV destinations, or sharpen their skills in challenging speed or memory games.
Booking a train ticket has never been easier or more fun than with BUDDY the robot!

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Hospitalized, Gabin, is able to "be at home" thanks to the Buddy robot.
To fight against the isolation of children with cancer and placed in isolation, the Toulouse University Hospital and the association "The Hope of Princess Manon" offer families to welcome Buddy to the home, which allows the child to keep in contact with his family.
The advantage of Buddy is that the child is independent, he controls the robot from the tablet, he has the choice to put his face on or have an avatar if he is not feeling well.

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