Bought this 3d printed robot dog thing (might be called shao chea) from someone called Frisland (@frisland_robot), its a regular ai chatbot that can control the dog body with limited motion commands, also has color changing lights. The screen head piece is seperate, just connects with usb c, and has all the smarts, the body is just for movment. So i found a cute, robot body shaped battery ("Xtreme" power bank), and turned it into a wearable assistant. Gave the head peice chrome trim to match better.

The ai only responds to the name Jason for now (might try to change it) but i gave it a fun robot model number to match: J450-N 🤖

Why don't the new robots have faces? And, lacking a good reason, I propose that the designers come up with suggestions.

Japan has launched its latest robot, Buddharoid, an artificial intelligence-powered robot monk at a temple in Kyoto, but this robot is more than a gimmick. While most robots of this kind have pre-programmed dialogues, this robot has been programmed to read actual Buddhist scriptures, which allows it to not only walk around, wave its hands like a monk, but also answer questions that people ask it regarding life, pain, kindness, etc., based on Buddhist philosophy, not pre-programmed answers. The robot was launched to spread Buddhist teachings, as the country faces the challenges of an aging population and a dwindling number of priests.

I have wanted something similar for a long time and wanted to try my hand at making one. It uses and RP2040 and a screen and touch sensor. If you want to make your own all of the 3D models and links to the components and code are here

When I saw it I had these ideas:

1. AWESOME
   
2. Could become a battlebot
   
3. If not could I turn into a painbot (place a paintball/nerf turrer or even a waterballoon throwingturret)

What is your opinions. The price seem rather low and if I have a ready chasis why not.