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Ziro: World's First Hand-controlled Robotics Kit

Created by Raja Jasti

Ziro's wireless motors and glove make building and controlling robots really simple and fun for all.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Thu Nov 16 '17 Announcement
almost 7 years ago – Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 02:14:57 PM

Dear Ziro Community,

Just wanted to give you a quick update that everything is on track for early 2018 shipment. We recently conducted workshops at our partner Google's HQs to test the latest Ziro kit. Here are some images from those workshops. Everyone loved them. Pretty soon you will too! 

Best regards,

Raja jasti

Fri Sep 29 '17 Announcement
about 7 years ago – Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 02:40:15 PM

Dear Ziro Community,

Here is an update. We are almost done with production testing and going to production over the next few weeks. We don't have a good estimate for the shipping date yet, but it will most probably be early 2018. Will let you know as soon as we have a reliable estimate. We have made lots of improvements to the design and functionality of Ziro and we are sure all of you will it. We will keep you posted as the production moves forward.

Best regards,

Raja

Wed Aug 16 '17 Announcement
about 7 years ago – Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 02:44:15 PM

Dear Ziro Community,

Here is a quick update. Our final Ziro production testing is going well and we are getting closer to starting the production. We have recently tested the system in real world setting by participating and conducting workshops at Google's all girl robotics event held at Google HQs. Here are some pics from the event. We will continue to keep you updated.

Best regards,

Raja

Fri Jun 30 '17 Announcement
over 7 years ago – Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 03:57:02 PM

Dear Ziro Community,

We would like to give you a quick update. We are happy to let you know that we have completed the production design of Ziro and are currently doing final testing of the system before we start mass production. We will let you know as soon as we are done with the testing and mass production starts. We will also provide you an estimated shipping time at that time. Thanks once again for your patience as we work hard to bring you the highest quality Ziro.

Best regards,

Raja

Tue Mar 28 '17 Announcement
over 7 years ago – Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 02:58:34 PM

Dear Ziro Community,

Greetings! We hope all of you are doing well.

We would like to give to a status update on Ziro. We have been working hard to bring Ziro to you as soon as possible. But Ziro production is taking much longer than expected as we are having to do more iterations on our production design based on manufacturing feedback. A lot of this has to do with the fact that this is our first production run and Ziro is first of its kind product. We anticipate doing more iterations before freezing the production design and going to mass production. As a result we will not be able to ship Ziro to you in Spring 2017. Sincere apologies for the delays, but we want to make sure we ship you the highest quality product possible, We will let you know as soon as we are done with finalizing the production design and get started on the mass production. We do not have an estimated timing to provide you at this time, but will do so as soon as we have more clarity. We will continue to work hard to ship you Ziro as soon as possible in 2017.

As mentioned in our last update, we had to revamp the entire Ziro design for mass production. This included designing a whole new IoT motor platform (hardware and software) with dynamic wi-fi mesh network. We also had to redesign the smart gesture glove. The NPI and testing process of the revamped system is taking much longer than anticipated. We should have done a better job at estimating the time required and we apologize for that. We want to be thorough and make sure we ship a top quality product to you.  Here are some images of Ziro pre-production testing units and test robots received from manufacturers.

 

 

We do appreciate your continued support and patience. We will keep you posted as we go through the production process of Ziro. We assure you that we are working tirelessly to bring you Ziro as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Raja