Segway has partnered with Intel and China’s Ninebot to create a little mech to keep an eye on your beloved pet while you’re at work, and more. With voice recognition and the ability to schlep you around — yes, it’s a hoverboard, as well — the unimaginatively named Robot represents Segway’s first foray into smart devices.
Snark aside, the element of potential coolness here is the Robot’s extendability for developers; it has built-in hardware extensions, and there’s a software developer’s kit (SDK), so if you have an idea, more than a beer-fetching app, we hope, now you’ve got a platform to get that idea kickstarted.
Official site: Segway
