Sphero spinoff announces a $3,200 programmable robot
While Misty I was a beta model meant for select developers to tinker with, Misty II is more polished and created for a wider audience. Misty II still retains the adorable form of its predecessor with a screen featuring expressive cartoon eyes, but now, it looks more complete, thanks to new white-and-gray housing.
Much of what Misty I was supposed to do in theory can now actually be done with Misty II. The robot is powered by two Qualcomm Snapdragon processors and runs on Windows IoT Core and Android 7 operating systems. It boasts a far-field array mic, a 4K camera that can be streamed over Wi-Fi, facial recognition, two speakers, and a bunch of sensors for mapping space and avoiding objects. Oh, and this version has arms. The whole point of Misty II is that you can take advantage of all these features to download skills of your choice or create your own, using visual block-based programming or JavaScript APIs.