{"id":127388,"date":"2021-09-07T22:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/a-chinese-ev-startup-wants-to-build-a-ridable-robot-unicorn-for-kids"},"modified":"2021-09-07T22:23:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T05:23:30","slug":"a-chinese-ev-startup-wants-to-build-a-ridable-robot-unicorn-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/a-chinese-ev-startup-wants-to-build-a-ridable-robot-unicorn-for-kids","title":{"rendered":"A Chinese EV startup wants to build a ridable robot unicorn for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-chinese-ev-startup-wants-to-build-a-ridable-robot-unicorn-for-kids.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And just like a unicorn, it doesn\u2019t currently exist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XpM_zX0Fe7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Never mind buying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-02-27-sony-aibo-review-just-get-a-puppy.html\">robot dog<\/a> for your kids \u2014 you might just get them a mythical creature instead. Chinese EV maker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/xpeng-p7-ev-183226796.html\">Xpeng<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XpM_zX0Fe7U\" target=\"_blank\">teased<\/a> a robot unicorn meant for children to ride. As <em>SCMP<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/3147903\/xpengs-unveils-smart-robot-pony-children-taking-it-step-closer\" target=\"_blank\">notes<\/a>, the quadruped will take advantage of Xpeng\u2019s experiences with autonomous driving and other AI tasks to navigate multiple terrain types, recognize objects and provide \u201cemotional interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company is shy on most other details, although the design looks and trots like a cuter, more kid-friendly version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/spot-boston-dynamics-commercial-sales-140018961.html\">Boston Robotics\u2019 Spot<\/a>. It\u2019s appropriately about as tall as a child. Sorry, folks, you won\u2019t prance your way to work.<\/p>\n<p>This robot unicorn is just about as mythical as the \u2018real\u2019 thing, too. Xpeng hasn\u2019t revealed when it expects to deliver its robotic horse-with-a-horn, let alone pricing or availability. It might not cost as much as a $75,000 Spot, but we\u2019d expect something this sophisticated to cost more than the $2,900 Aibo from 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And just like a unicorn, it doesn\u2019t currently exist. Never mind buying a robot dog for your kids \u2014 you might just get them a mythical creature instead. Chinese EV maker Xpeng has teased a robot unicorn meant for children to ride. As SCMP notes, the quadruped will take advantage of Xpeng\u2019s experiences with autonomous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}