1,000 Buddy Companion Robots Available for Pre-order From: Robotic Trends - 02/03.2016 Buddy is designed to assist family members in their daily lives, monitoring your home, interacting with smart home devices, playing games with kids, and providing information and reminders to adults. Buddy has been used to help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other special needs learn to communicate, interact with others, and be more autonomous. Blue Frog Robotics is holding a pre-sale of 1,000 Buddy companion robots for $699, which is about 10 percent cheaper than the planned list price when Buddy ships in the fourth quarter of 2016. Read the entire article and view a video (54:30) at: http://www.roboticstrends.com/article/1000_buddy_companion_robots_available_for_pre_order Links: Blue Frog Robotics http://www.bluefrogrobotics.com Blue Frog Robotics News, Products & Resources http://www.roboticstrends.com/company/blue_frog_robotics How Buddy Is Helping Autistic Children http://www.roboticstrends.com/article/how_buddy_is_helping_autistic_children