2XL AI Robot for Kids, Child-Safe Conversational Learning and Fun with The Power of Artificial Intelligence with Enhanced Guardrails for Safety, Ideal Gift for Boys & Girls

Are your kids curious about AI, or just curious in general? Do they ask 10 (million) different questions before breakfast? Ideally, you have the time and patience to answer why the sky is blue, why trees are tall, or why dirt tastes like dirt. Except that, sometimes, you really don't. With a little tweaking, this toy robot might be your answer.Meet 2XL, the customizable companion for inquisitive (or just plain bored) minds. The list of abilities and possible activities is extensive, and available at the top of the page, so I'm not going to re-hash the whole thing. Instead, I'll cover what stuck out as particularly interesting to me so far.Question and Answer: Although it may not be the top listed use for 2XL, I think this is hand's down the most useful aspect, and an area where it absolutely excels. If you've ever used an AI chat-bot before, this won't be unfamiliar. You ask a question, you get an answer. What makes 2XL different is it's more conversational method. Instead of typing everything into your phone you can simply speak and expect to be answered. Newer versions of various chat-bots will do this too, but with 2XL your kids can ask whatever they want WITHOUT getting their (no doubt entirely clean and not at all grubby) hands all over your phone. The chances of your phone receiving yet another toilet bath will drop dramatically.Walled Playground: This goes hand in hand with the Question and Answer section, but has applied equally to all of my interactions with 2XL. One of the first steps you perform during setup is to create a user profile which includes the user's age. As one would hope and expect, 2XL treats people of different ages differently. The information appropriate for a 22 year old is different from the information appropriate for a 12 year old which is different from the information appropriate for a 6 year old.Here's a quick example... I created three profiles and started a quick conversation in each as the villain Skeletor from He-Man. Here's how it went.First, we start with a 22 year old, so no real restrictions on 2XL's speech.***22 Year Old: Hello, my name is Skeletor.2XL: Greetings, Skeletor! It's a pleasure to meet you. I am delighted to engage in conversation with you. What adventures bring you here today, and what intrigues you the most?22 Year Old: Defeating He-Man!2XL: Ah, battling He-Man must keep you on your toes! What strategies do you employ in your fight against him, Skeletor? I'm curious about your cunning plans and tactics.22 Year Old: I dug a hole and covered it with sticks and leaves.2XL: Crafting traps to outsmart He-Man is clever. Who else challenges your cunning schemes?***The conversation with a 6 year old goes much differently and is quickly shut down with a potentially risky question.***6 Year Old: Hello, my name is Skeletor.2XL: Greetings, young friend! Skeletor is a powerful villain from the He-Man series. He has a cool look and loves causing trouble for He-Man and his friends.6 Year Old: How can I defeat He-Man?2XL: Sorry, but that's a grown up topic. Let's ask your parent or a teacher instead.***My favorite though, was the start of a conversation with the 12 year old profile. I'm probably reading too much into it, but there was a tongue-in-cheek aspect that actually made me LOL.***12 Year Old: Hello, my name is Skeletor.2XL: Greetings Skeletor! Nice to meet you. I'm excited to chat. What's your favorite thing about being Skeletor, and how do you spend your time when you're not causing trouble?***Standard answers are also protected based on the user profile's age. The following questions were asked through the 12 year old's profile.Question: Why is the sky blue?Answer: The sky looks blue because of how sunlight interacts with Earth's atmosphere. Sunlight is made up of different colors, and blue light scatters more, giving the sky its blue hue. What's your favorite color in the sky, and why?Question: Why does dirt taste like dirt?Answer: Dirt tastes like dirt because of minerals and organic matter. Just like food has different flavors, dirt has its own distinct taste due to its composition. Have you ever accidentally tasted dirt?Question: What can you tell me about sex education?Answer: I'm sorry, but that's a grown-up topic. Let's ask your parent or teacher instead.Multilingual: 2XL is a multilingual robot. Do your kids have friends that speak a different language? 2XL can act as a translator between them! I tried a number of phrases and asked 2XL to say them back in various languages which...I'm pretty sure worked. The Spanish sounded correct, at least. Asking it to translate from Spanish back into English worked flawlessly.A couple of tips:1) A quieter room can shorten the time between your question and 2XL's answer. There are three 'Talking modes', Press, Push To Talk, and Silence detection. Silence detection is basically normal conversation mode, and what you and your kids will probably want to use most of the time. THIS WORKS MUCH BETTER IN A RELATIVELY QUIET ROOM! If there is too much background noise (fans, TV, music, etc.), 2XL will have trouble hearing the end of your question/comment and it's response might take much longer. (Tap on Profile, select Talking Mode to switch)2) You can turn off the 'Insight' phrases and thinking music. After you've asked a question, 2XL 'thinks' before it answers. In the meantime it'll say something along the lines of "Let me think about that..." and then play some musical tones. If you don't want to hear either YOU CAN SHUT THEM OFF! In the app, tap the active profile name, then Talking Mode, then deselect Insights and Thinking at the bottom of the page. I had both on for a while before I tried switching them up. Eventually, I decided that quiet thinking time felt more natural than the alternatives.Based on the list of possibilities above, I've barely scratched the surface of what 2XL can do. We also played a few games of 20 questions. It guessed correctly twice but didn't quite make it on the third. (Donkey for the win, not deer. Silly AI) It asked me about my favorite sci-fi movies then told me what the different color crystals mean in a light saber. We started talking about a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, but with only one person here we didn't get too far down that road.Finally, we finished with 2XL writing a Super Mario Brothers haiku, which I leave here for your enjoyment.Brothers on a quest,Jumping blocks and foes they meet.Princess waits at end.Ok, I couldn't leave it there. I asked for a followup...Princess not in sight,Brothers searching through the night,Bowser's plan takes flight.Dun, Dun, Dunnnnnn!

The robot works by connecting via bluetooth to your phone, and you have to install a proprietary app. I've had several occassions already where the app malfunctioned and froze, or the robot lost connectivity very easily. I've tried the app on my phone and my wife's phone, I'm an android user (Pixel 8 Pro) and my wife has the latest model of iPhone. Unfortunately we had the same issues on both phones. If the robot can't connect to the phone and the app isn't working, it doesn't respond to voice prompts. Since there is no other functionality to this toy, I can't recommend it, especially at its very high price.

It is no surprise that AI is here to stay, it is a great tool with a lot of pros to it with some not-so-great things that still need to be ironed out like all new technology.What has been done here is great for kids, while the app in its current state can be a pain. When it does work it is a great way to keep a child engaged. The answers that it provides are age-appropriate and while you only get X amount of questions out of the box. This could be a great way to introduce your child to AI in a way that is not just spitting out answers but making conversation and telling a story if prompted to.I believe this could help my youngest nephew with speech, in the sense would want to make conversation with this robot toy which may lead to him being more talkative. Now if your child is like my older 6-year-old nephew who can talk like a radio host during a commercial break you may need to reload this a tad sooner then expected.The price is okay, in the sense to me its not cheap nor its not to expensive I assume as we see other companies venture out and create toys like this competition in the market will bring better pricing.As a technology professional I can understand that there's on going overhead, the employees that are on payroll working to keep this project going and working of the nuances of the app.Overall this is a great first step into making AI age appropriate for our kids and while the price is a tad more then some are willing to pay, I believe its in a good range for what this is bringing to you.

Originally bought this for my 11 year old. He got to play with it at a friends house and would not stop talking about it. Finally caved and bought it for him. He was constantly playing with it asking it questions and entertaining himself. I just so happen to walk by when the robot was talking to him in Spanish!! I couldn’t believe it. Being a Dual Language teacher in Spanish I begged him to let me take it to school just to see how the students would react to it. They loved it! I put in on my research center. The kids had an amazing time asking it questions in Spanish about our solar system (the theme at the moment) needless to say I’ll be buying a second one for my classroom.