Microduck

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC

antonvs wrote: post #160

cs1996 wrote: post #6

this looks 100x better than Casio's https://www.casio.com/us/moflin/

“I have no mouth but I must scream” is a Harlan Ellison story about an AI that tortures humans for revenge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Sc... I suppose Moflin is preemptive revenge against that scenario. “How do you like them apples, future torturing AI?”

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC

utopiah wrote: post #9

cs1996 wrote: post #6

this looks 100x better than Casio's https://www.casio.com/us/moflin/

This "with emotions like a living creature" should just not be allowed.

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:07 AM UTC

ricardobayes wrote: post #58

cs1996 wrote: post #6

this looks 100x better than Casio's https://www.casio.com/us/moflin/

It's a different target market I guess. I welcome innovation like this - it's possibly tackling the loneliness epidemic in however small ways.

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:07 AM UTC

yipinwong wrote: post #141

cs1996 wrote: post #6

this looks 100x better than Casio's https://www.casio.com/us/moflin/

The reason some people fine Moflin terriying is due to differences between the Western and Eastern face reading. In Western cultures, "mouth" is how one perceives emotions, while in the Eastern cultures, it's the eyes. e.g. You see Disney characters got all big mouths, while say, Japanese ones like in anime or Hello Kitty has small or no mouth but BIG eyes. Same for Microduck. It's got gigantic mouth, while Moflin ha…

Post by rokbenko » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:08 AM UTC

NalNezumi wrote: post #98

Surprised with the price, a similar form factor that I know of is even more expensive https://shop.xgorobot.com/products/xgo-rider-world-s-first-d... (Chinese but since it's esp32 and raspberry pi it is possible to tinker with it) I wonder what's the catch? Cheap IMU/motors?