My nephew recently turned four years old and discovered a youtube channel which features videos of a young family playing and doing experiements with a Cozmo robot. He would watch these videos every chance could until the point where he decided he was going to save up all his money to buy a Cozmo. A pretty big goal for a four year old.
All this brought up a little bit of a sore spot for my wife. I had purchased a Cozmo for my wife shortly after they came out. She loved the Cozmo and decided to take it to school with her for a youth technation conference. The conference gives kids a chance to intereact with and talk about various types of technology. They explore how technology has changed over time and members of the community often lend items to the school to use for the day. I sent in my old Gameboy collection and my wife took in her Cozmo. After the conference all my Gameboys return home and Cozmo was nowhere to be found. For the next year my wife had thought someone took Cozmo home with them after the conference. This all happened in the middle of us moving into a new home, fast forward a year later and I think you can probably guess what happened. Yup my wife found Cozmo stashed after in a backpack that went from sitting in a corner in her classroom to sitting in a corner in her garage.
After finding Cozmo my wife was very excited to give it to her nephew and he went a little crazy after seeing it. Such a cute moment to see him absolutely enthralled with the little piece of technology. He loves playing games with Cozmo, listening to him sing, watching him drive around the house and most of all loves taking control and driving him around. I never thought a four year old would become so enamored with a little robot. Cozmo is his best friend and i don't think my wife is ever getting him back.
