In the past few months, we have covered plenty of awesome educational robots. ALAN is another interesting robot that wants to interact with you. It is a modular animatronic robot with a 1:1 human scale head and shoulders measuring 16″ tall. The robot features 5-axis motion. You can assemble parts and add third party hardware to improve your robot.
ALAN is built with radio controlled servos and micro-controllers. Its magnetic and modular components make upgrading it easy. ALAN can be controlled using a smartphone or tablet. You can use it for object and facial recognition, web search, reminders, and more. It is now available on Kickstarter.