Your Warm AI Robot Moxie Faces a Cold Future [Video]

Imagine being a child who struggles to talk to others, weighed down by their own worries, making it hard to socialise like everyone else. Life can be tough for anxious children who feel like misfits. Moxie, however, stepped in like a guiding star to help solve this very problem.

In 2020, Embodied Inc. launched Moxie – a cheerful, wide-eyed, blue-coloured child-like robot. The goal of Moxie is to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for kids. It helps children with social anxiety and other issues that prevent them from having a normal life. 

Last week, the company announced its decision to shut down operations, which effectively means that Moxie robots will no longer be supported. This also means that parents will have a larger issue to deal with when their children lose their beloved Moxie.  

The Moxie-Child Bond

The AI robot toy interacts in a soothing child’s voice using LLMs and speech recognition software to have a human-like and …