One cube is small enough to fit in your hand, but carrying more than one can be tricky, and they light up depending on the activity. Speaking of Cozmo’s cubes, each Cozmo is sold with three cubes with small rubber corners and emblazoned with geometric shapes. I’d like to see more customisation options, especially of its body and cubes, but the overall design has been well thought out and adds to a genuine sense of attachment and friendliness. Being able to hold Cozmo in the palm of your hand adds to the charm and makes it possible for children to handle it with ease. The tone of its regular bleeps, bloops and squeals could be annoying but they’re soft enough to be endearing (plus you can adjust the volume), even when Cozmo is sulking or being grumpy. The Star Wars gift guide UK: All the weird and wonderful Star Wars Lego, toys and gifts you could wantĪll of these seemingly insignificant features combine to create a charming, friendly robot one that really does appear to have a personality. Cozmo itself is white with red and gold trims.

A small sensor at the bottom of this screen looks like an open mouth, Cozmo’s “arms” resemble a forklift and are used to act out frustrations or joy, and the robot runs on two black rubber treads that can be swapped out for different colours including red, blue and yellow. Its expressions – from joy and sadness through anger – are all effortlessly portrayed by these eyes, and the sounds Cozmo makes adds to its appeal. Its “face” is a small LED screen that lights up when Cozmo is awake and shows two blocks of blue light that act as the robot’s “eyes”. This is Wall-E crossed with Short Circuit, and the result is as appealing as you’d expect. If you didn’t know the palm-sized Cozmo was designed by ex-Pixar staffers, you would as soon as you got it out of the box. You can buy Cozmo from Amazon, Argos, Harrods, John Lewis, Smyths Toys, Toys R Us and Cozmo review: Design Cozmo also becomes smarter and more responsive as he learns new skills, but with a hefty price tag, is it worth splashing out? Designed and developed by a team of AI experts alongside character experts from Pixar, Cozmo is brimming with personality so much so, Anki refers to the little tyke as “he”. The £200 “emotional” robot plays games, recognises faces of people and pets, and teaches children (and adults) the basics of coding.

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