Sad – COJI robot Review

For being a programming robot, the programmers don’t seem to know what they’re doing. For starters, a basic thing like spinning around. It spins 1 1/4 turns every time. So, the robot is no longer facing you. You have to constantly reposition the robot so you can see it’s screen. It should be pretty simple to program it for 1 complete turn of 360 degrees. The iPad app had quite a bit of trouble connecting each time. The iPhone app constantly crashes. Then I have to skip the boring intro scene EVERY time I re-enter the app. The music is very repetitive and not even smoothly looped. The sequence game is painfully slow paced, with no way to skip to more challenging levels. Same with the macro maze. The loop run game is okay (think 1990’s Mario style), but it has nothing to do with programming or the robot. The command center is confusingly similar to freeplay. Drive mode works, so basically it’s a remote control robot. Playing without the app is good for a 2 year old, and that’s it. The robot itself is very cute and well made. Now I’m deciding if the price is worth it for just a remote control robot with limited precision in control.
Review by Travja on COJI robot.