Robot Smart Educational Companion Toy

I was a little hesitant to buy this roybi robot because of mixed news I read about voice recognition. But my son who is now 7 was persistent in getting this and I am very happy we did. The day the robot arrived, my son could not stop jumping and screaming in excitement. I got this for him as a surprise so he was overly excited. And now he sleeps with his roybi while listening to bedtime stories. I am planning to use this for homeschooling for the next academic year. We’ve been working with roybi for the past 3 weeks or so and I wanted to share my experience here. Installation: The out of the box experience was fantastic. The product is very elegant and the packaging looks great. They seem to have thought about every detail and the most interesting part is it comes with an adoption certificate. My son really liked it. The installation was very easy. We just turned the robot on, installed the app, and asked for a qr code to scan. Then we were ready to play the lessons. Lessons and content: The content was a little basic in the beginning but my son enjoyed it. It started asking him questions like his favorite food, color, etc and shared its own favorites. I guess this is the way they encourage children to get to know the robot. I thought it was cool. We only see 2 weeks of lessons at a time but after we finish those more lessons load. After the second week, we started seeing content become more complex. So far we learned currencies, holidays in different countries, types of music, and more. So far, I feel the content is good and gets the attention of my son. He normally has so much energy and doesn’t sit down. The only time he sits down and pays full attention is when he interacts with roybi. Voice recognition: The technology is good for us. I do notice that sometimes it does not recognize what my son says in the first try and then it gets it next time. We also tried to replay those lessons and then it worked. My thought is the technology gets better after a while. It is not a big deal for us because we also practice patience and listening when we learn with roybi. It turned out to be a great practice time for us. What’s missing: I hope the company adds more stories and allows us to play past content. I contacted their support and he said this feature will be added soon. Great customer service and they respond very fast even on the weekends. Also, I really hope they add a feature to add my own lessons for my son.