Giz Wiz #1567 April 22nd, 2016 - Our 51st Independently Produced Giz Wiz Show!

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Another gadget I saw at the Pepcom Spring event was the BIG-i. This robot-butler is a 2.5 feet tall, and weighs 26.5 lbs. It can recognize different family members and can be used to control smart home products and appliances. If you want to watch a particular show, BIG-i can tell you it's time the show to start, go into the living room, turn on the TV and tune it to the channel for your show. The company says it can also make voice or video calls, be used as an encyclopedia and even help you find your missing phone. Out of the box it can do a few things, but as it learns about you and your family it will do more and more helpful things. It will launch on a crowdfunding campaign later this summer where you can order one for $699, for delivery by the end of the year. I was told the retail price will be $999.00. Hopefully, you can teach the BIG-i to earn some additional income for the family when it's not in use around the house. There really wasn't much of a demo at the show, so I didn't even both to shoot video. A spokesperson said by the mid-CE Week event, the demo would be much better.

Company website: http://www.nxrobo.com/

I guess I expected more from the Big-i after seeing a real working robot-butler in Vegas during CES. In doing a web search, I see the butler I saw already is working in a hotel. Take a lot at all this robot-guy can do in this LA Times video. Of course this particular robot-butler is programmed more for commercial use. But he seems to do a heck of a job.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hotel-robots-video-20160205-premiumvideo.html

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