ASUS Β· Home companion robot
ASUS Zenbo
Discontinued home companion robot
Purchase price Discontinued; used units only
- Size
- 370 Γ 370 Γ 620 mm
- Weight
- 10 kg
- Runtime
- About 4 h
- Interface
- Touchscreen face, voice
- Platform
- Android SDK
- Best for
- Collectors and HRI research
Up close
The ASUS Zenbo is a small wheeled home robot with an animated touchscreen face, made for family help and companionship: voice commands, reminders, video calls, photos, stories and smart-home control. Developers could build apps for it with ASUS's Android SDK. ASUS has ended production, app support and its cloud services, so units on offer now are used or old stock and many online features no longer work. ASUS's current model is the Zenbo Junior II.
Key features
Mobile home robot
Moves around the house on wheels.
Animated face
Touchscreen shows expressions, apps and video calls.
Voice and vision
Microphones, cameras, speech and face detection.
Android SDK
Developers built apps for motion, vision and dialogue.
Smart-home control
Originally sold for connected-home control and reminders.
End of life
Production, app updates and cloud services have stopped.
Is it right for you?
Good fit if
- Collectors and museums
- Offline experiments and early home-robot research
- Buyers who can check a used unit's battery, charger and software
Not ideal if
- Anyone wanting a supported home robot with working cloud features
- Care tasks that depend on reliable alerts or video calls
Where it works
Specifications
- Robot type
- Social and companion robot
- Main purpose
- Home help and companionship
- Operating environment
- Indoor homes
- Availability
- Discontinued; cloud services shut down; Zenbo Junior II is current
- Mobility
- Autonomous wheeled base
- Manipulation
- No arms; touchscreen face and moving head
- Battery / power
- Rechargeable; about 4 h
- Navigation / control
- Autonomous navigation, voice and apps
- Sensors
- 13 MP and 3D cameras, four microphones, touch, sonar, drop IR, range and motion sensors
- Dimensions
- 370 Γ 370 Γ 620 mm
- Weight
- 10 kg
Pricing
Questions
Is Zenbo still supported?
No. ASUS ended production and app maintenance and shut down cloud services, so remote control, video calling and the app store may no longer work.
Can I still program it?
It runs Android and had an SDK for dialogue, motion and vision. Archived docs may exist, but the platform is no longer maintained.
What should I buy instead?
For companionship, a current robot such as LOVOT. For remote calls, a current telepresence robot.
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