BUDDY

Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists, educates, entertains, and connects people in home, education, elder-care, and business settings.

Yes. BUDDY is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

BUDDY is made by Blue Frog Robotics, based in Paris, France, founded in 2015.

3 verified deployments of BUDDY are on the DEPLOY registry, including at France (nationwide), Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France.

BUDDY is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable companion_robot robots to BUDDY include ElliQ, Enabot Ebo X, Loona Petbot, Cutii.

BUDDY and ElliQ (Intuition Robotics · 4 deployments) are both companion_robot robots on the DEPLOY registry. BUDDY has 3 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, BUDDY ranks in roughly the top under 1% of companion_robot models tracked by the registry.

BUDDY is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

BUDDY has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Buddy by Blue Frog Robotics is a companion robot powered by emotional AI. It enhances connections with its charming personality in various environments. Used as an educational and programmable robot, a therapeutic companion for remote learning, and a senior companion for connection.