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Wizkid looks like a computer, but it’s a robot. With its social skills and physical presence, Wizkid introduces the simplicity of everyday interactions in the world of computers. You can teach Wizkid about habits, introduces it to your friends and pets. Day after day, Wizkid will learn to recognize you and them and react differently in each context...


Hand in hand
Wizkid results from a collaboration between an engineer, Frederic Kaplan, and an industrial designer, Martino d'Esposito. It was developed at the CRAFT Laboratory at EPFL and benefits from the support of the EPFL+ECAL Lab.
Wizkid makes its debut at The Museum of Modern Art
There's a kid waiting to meet you at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Like any kid,it will amuse you, it will ask you lots of questions, and it might even bother you a little bit.But unlike most kids, it doesn’t walk or talk, and it pays perfect attention. Meet Wizkid: partcomputer, part robot, a Swiss kid who's changing our concept of how people interact with machines.
Wizkid entertains MoMA's visitors
Watch their reactions on their first encounter with Wizkid