Want to add another member to your family without having another child or picking up a pet? Enabot might have the answer. The EBO Max is an ambitious home companion robot – part home guard, part companion and all cute little fella! The futuristic-looking rolling assistant might look like a high-tech Furby, but the robot has been designed more like a mobile home guardian than a toy, with features aimed at families, pet owners, and people caring for elderly relatives. Its rounded body, expressive digital
‘eyes’, and smooth self-balancing movement make it feel like something out of a sci-fi movie. Unlike your basic stationary security camera, the EBO can roll around your home independently by creating a 3D map of the house in its own mind.The robot has smart obstacle avoidance and will return to its dock automatically when charging is needed. This mobility gives it a real advantage for whole-home monitoring rather than just single-room surveillance. EBO can detect if an elderly relative has fallen, if a baby is
crying, or if strangers are present, and can alert you to these situations or remind family members to take their medication. It also offers remote two-way communication, making it particularly appealing to families with children, pensioners, or pets. The 4K stabilised camera provides clearer video than many standard pet cameras, and the night vision works well for evening monitoring. Combined with two-way audio and video, and remote app control, it means you can check in from anywhere. I went on holiday for a week recently
and left EBO at home to go on regular patrols (of the ground floor; the robot doesn’t do stairs) during the days we weren’t there. I must admit that being able to have a look around my home from hundreds of miles away was very reassuring. EBO boasts plenty of AI. It can understand natural conversations, will recognise individual family members and their voices – and pets – and can execute pretty complex tasks. It can create imaginative stories for your young children, or play
with animals while no one else is around. As well as AI, EBO remembers. Thanks to its long-term memory and adaptive learning, the robot gets smarter and smarter. That said, the EBO does have a few issues. First off, the price. At £500-plus, it’s significantly more expensive than most indoor cameras and even pricier than some premium robot vacuums. Navigation can struggle on thicker carpets or cluttered floors, while the camera angles can be awkward during patrol mode, as you are so close to the
floor. Also, I’ve caught it having conversations with the TV on a few occasions! However, if you want a moving home companion robot rather than just another security camera, the EBO is genuinely impressive. It feels more interactive and emotionally engaging than traditional smart devices, with its personality being part of the appeal. It has quickly become part of the family, and it’s amusing to see my youngsters treating it as such. Our cat is a little more circumspect, even if EBO loves him. Overall,
the Enabot EBO Max is a premium niche product that maybe succeeds best as a family companion robot rather than just a smart camera. It’s innovative, charming, and packed with features. It might be expensive, but there’s little doubt you’ll fall for the little fella if you do welcome EBO into your home. What users say “It’s cute. Gives up after being unable to manoeuvre once an object is in its path while conducting Patrol Tasks or Pet Following, but overall, it’s an enjoyable little
robot. Expensive! But enjoyable. The space I’m in is also fairly small, so I don’t fault it too much for manoeuvrability.” “Since purchasing EBO, I can visit my pets anywhere in my home (controlled remotely by mobile phone app) and speak to them in real time. Also, my border collie loves EBO’s voice and follows it on patrol! Stairs can be an issue, but common sense prevents damage.” Alternatives
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So basically a Furby security camera that walks around? Cool I guess.
I don’t trust these things. If it can map your house in its “mind” then that means it’s saving it somewhere, right? And what happens if it misreads a “stranger” like my neighbor.
Wait, it detects if your baby is crying?? I thought cameras already do that but then they get it wrong all the time. Also “elderly relative fell” like how, it just guesses from motion? Might be helpful but sounds like it could panic everyone.
The article says it rolls around but it doesn’t do stairs, so then what’s the point for a whole home? Like half my house is upstairs. Also 4K night vision sounds great until it’s cloudy or dark and then it’s just blurry vibes. Still, I can see people using this instead of a real pet camera, and that’s kinda sad honestly.