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Robot Dad

Tiny AI projects a grown-up and a kid can build together in an afternoon.

No experience needed — bring curiosity and whatever AI app you already have. Each build is small, hands-on, and ends with something you actually made. The goal isn't the robot; it's the two of you learning to build with an AI, together.

Every post has the same three parts — the Goal, the Explore (prompts you paste into your AI), and the Output (what you get; press play) — then an optional bonus to think about together, for when the building's done. Read it on the couch, or build it at the kitchen table.
What robot is this? Meet Reachy Mini — the open-source desk robot by Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face that these builds are made for. Read about it →

The builds

Build 01
~20 minany AI appno robot needed

Teaching our robot to giggle

Make your own royalty-free, R2-D2-style robot giggles with an AI — no sound-design skills. A gentle first taste of directing an AI to build something real.

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Build 02
~15 minany AI appa little Pythonready-made app

Making it giggle on command

Hello, world for robots: a few lines of code that make the robot play the giggle from Build 01 whenever you nudge it. The first “my code did a thing” win.

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Build 03
an afternoonneeds OpenAI keyready-made app

Teaching the robot to see your hand

Your first real robot app, in friendly pieces: the robot watches through its camera, an AI reads your hand gesture, and it waves — or giggles — back.

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