Anki to Shut Down - Another Consumer Robot Company Falls - Voicebot - 0 views
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Cécile Christodoulou on 30 Apr 19"Last summer, Voicebot speculated that consumer robots likely had suffered from the rapid adoption of smart speakers. Many of the core functions that consumer robots sought to provide such as access to information, entertaining children, and even communications were already features available through smart speakers, many of which were frequently sold at discounts below $30. The quick rise of smart speakers meant that consumer robots needed different capabilities to become relevant."