CES 2017 has come and gone. As a first-timer in attendance, I couldn’t help but marvel at the featured robots and all robotics related gadgets, toys, start-ups, wearables, and AI coming to market. I’ll conduct a post-event wrap up shortly, but in the meantime, please enjoy a selection of images seen on the floor.

Divergent 3D supercar

The connected home and car, Alexa and Ford working in partnership to streamline and connect your life.

LG’s Helper Guide Robot to help you find your gate and remind you when your plane is scheduled.

LG’s Hub Robot helper that can control your smart home devices, play music, and offer advice on commuting times.

Home helper robot in the Chinese market.

Denso’s robotics cafe made sure everyone got through the day well caffeinated at CES.

Jade Le Maître with HEASY hospitality robot, from Hease robotics.

Kuri home robot saying hello!

Meet the dream team of women at Mayfield Robotics who made Kuri possible! (left to right: Kaijen Hsiao, CTO; Stephanie Lee, Engineer; and Sarah Osentoski, COO).

TechCrunch speaking with Mike Beebe from Mayfield Robotics.

Silas Adekunle presents his gaming robot, MekaMon.

VR gaming at the Dell experience.

Robart AI solutions in your home.

In the startup area, robot teacher to help children learn.

WowWee chip robot dog toy.

I would like to share the story of Cannybot with the RoboHub community, which I have been part of for so long. I have always been a take-things-apart person, disassembling just about anything that caught my interest in order to explore what was inside and how it worked. This included my grandmother’s tape recorder, the family clock, and all the toys I had. Though my grandmother was really upset with me at that time, she eventually found peace when I was accepted to the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in 2005.

If we can empower our kids to use technology to build their toys, imagine what they can make when they grow up.

As a dad, I am amazed by the kind of technology that our kids have at their fingertips today. But unfortunately all this technology is packed into products in a way that makes it mostly inaccessible. With no opportunity for exploration and learning, this makes kids mere consumers of technology.

That is why I created Cannybots — almost two years ago — as a fun side project to do with my son. I wanted to make a toy he could build, take apart, hack, tinker, improvise, and explore how the various the components come together.

About a year back we took the 3D printed version of Cannybots to the London Makerfaire where it was spotted by a design teacher at a local school who wanted to use it in his 3D printing class. Realising the potential of Cannybots in schools, we secured an Innovation grant from the UK government (Feb 2015) to mass produce the education version of Cannybots. We have since assembled a great team of likeminded people around Cannybots as well as partnerships with Autodesk and Cambridge University (for developing the AI). To date we have sold over 200 Cannybots to 22 schools world over, primarily though word of mouth publicity and referrals.

Our vision is to make Cannybots accessible to all kids. That is why we have partnered with the KIPP foundation that runs 183 chartered schools in US for children from low-income families. We will donate one Cannybot kit for every 100 units pledged on Kickstarter, and help set up robotics and 3D-prinring program in select KIPP schools.

Cannybot brings the power of making, tinkering and exploration to kids. At the very least, it’s a toy that has many play possibilities, but for those who are curious it will provide a journey into the depths of the technology. Though this Kickstarter campaign we hope to build a strong community of early adopters that can help nurture this product to its full potential. I hope the Robohub community can help us in the cause by supporting our campaign!

To show your support please consider pledging $1 to our campaign.

Hasbro has enhanced their successful Furby toy from years past with a combination of interactive programming and robotic engineering. The updated Furby includes a free Furby app to virtually feed Furby and translate Furbish into English.

Watch the video.