- You all remember the
great Jibo massacre of 2017,
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Actually I'm pretty sure they blamed us
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for sinking their company.
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So when Keyi reached out
to sponsor this video
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about their ClicBot educational robot,
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my eyebrows just about
raised right off my head.
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But we wouldn't be making this video,
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if the ClicBot was yet
another colossal waste
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of money that barely does anything.
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So let's unleash the crackings on it,
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and see what our newest
family member can do.
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This cute, modular robot
from Keyi is the product
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of a successful Kickstarter
funded back in February of 2020.
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With backers being able to pledge anywhere
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from $299 for the early bird starter kit,
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to $699 for the early bird maker kit
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with plenty of options in between.
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You can build basically anything you want
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with all the pieces in the kit,
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but they have some suggested ones.
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So the two main ones are
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So BAC is kind of like a tall
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skinny boy moves around,
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and then BIC has wheels.
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So that's why we've actually
got wheels included in our kit.
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So which one do you guys
want to build, BIC or BAC?
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- I had kind of planned for
us to do the other one first.
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Can you work with me on this?
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- We'll do back first?
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- Some of the more
advanced features are gonna
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be a little complicated
for a younger audience,
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but they figure anyone ages eight
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and up can probably assemble it.
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So, why don't we get you to
take a crack at the assembly?
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We're going to start with the head
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and wait a second my boy.
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Yeah, you can put it
together any way you want,
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but we're going to start
by not doing a random one.
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We're going to start with BAC.
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So that's your next piece.
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So we got this one.
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- And now we need another one of them.
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Okay. Have you figured out
how to put it together my boy?
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- Did you figure out
how to put it together?
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Okay. You're gonna put that one together.
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- Yeah. So I guess you can
suction it under something,
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Are there more pieces?
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Cause it looks like we've got a foot here.
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I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna do it.
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Wow. It's got lights on it.
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Has mount already been
stickied on the desk, yeah?
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There's a few things you can do,
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so you can try tickling BAC's head.
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Does someone want to
try to cover backside?
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There's a few things we can do here.
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There's BAC's Playbox.
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Wave left or right about 10 centimeters
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in front of BAC to select the answer
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before the countdown ends.
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The fastest bird is an
ostrich or a, a what?
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So far then it actually
does seem pretty Jibo like,
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We're coming to the, but
wait, there's more moment.
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We got the full kit
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which still costs less
than a Jibo by the way.
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And can be used to build any
number of different robots.
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Ones that have been pre-tested by Keyi,
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or the community, or your own creations.
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So why don't we build
the other starter robot
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and try some of the other functionality.
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The instructions are
here in the main menu.
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You can see there's all this
stuff in here and meet friends,
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So this is a whole,
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and then there's your
connection settings here.
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So let's go right back to calibrate.
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Please connect as follows.
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Applebee's blah blah blah.
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Alright, here we go, ready?
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So I need one of those.
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That's kind of cool.
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It just gives you like the next step.
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They don't even need all
the robot functionality to
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have fun with this stuff apparently.
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Wait, we're building BAC again.
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Well, I guess we can watch BAC dance now.
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That's why they call him
BAC cause he comes back.
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That's how I can tell the difference
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between staff that I
pay and my own children.
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Touchscreen could be a little,
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sensitivity could be tweaked a little.
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There's some constructive
feedback for the Keyi team.
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Five, four, three, two, one.
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That was dance mode.
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We want to get into building BIC mode.
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We've got BIC selected in the menu.
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We're going to click that,
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and it says remove all the flashy modules.
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Okay. Guys, tear off
all the flashing ones.
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So now do you see the
instructions on the screen?
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- So you gotta do that.
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All right, you got it?
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- Anyone can balance like that.
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- Okay. Keep it standing
on a flat surface.
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It really does balance itself.
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That's pretty cool.
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(Smooth jazz music)
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- No, you're not a person.
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- I'm pretty sure I'm a person.
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So we're gonna try one
of the ones in like,
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the community thing.
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Oh, wrong module position.
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I got it wrong again?
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You've got to put it on
the other side of the hand.
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Well, all right smarty pants,
why don't you do it then?
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That's kind of cool.
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It's got like a 3D view.
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If you have trouble kind
of lining things up.
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Now we need kind of
like a butt tail thing.
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I need another sphere.
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- I don't have one.
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- Yes you do. You have three.
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What the heck are we even making?
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Okay. Now we need wheels kids.
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Okay. So there's like a
pressure sensitive foot
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Wrong logical position.
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Why does it need a foot?
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Okay. Where's my next wheel?
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What? This is a race car.
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Okay. You know what?
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Oh, we're doing awesome now
I'm getting a hang of this.
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All right I need another
sphere. Sphere me.
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(Momentary shrieking)
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You might need some help
from your big brother.
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So now what we can do
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is we can use the phone
app to drive it around.
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Select reset, to adjust posture.
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Okay. You guys want to try the racer?
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- All right. Me too.
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- How fast does it go?
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Oh, that's pretty cool.
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All right. Who wants to try it?
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- Put your thumb on
the, yeah, there you go.
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Okay. You gotta go a
different direction now.
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Back. See? And forward.
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Ah, you gotta go get Andy.
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You press the other mode.
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So now what does it do?
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Now what's cool, is that
if you build your own,
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you can actually program little animations
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and stuff like that by setting
up what are essentially
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key frames manually and
then playing them back.
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So you could have it go get something,
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or go back in front-
okay hold on, hold on.
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Okay. So let's see what it's doing.
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So, like spins like this.
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Now, it does have these little locks.
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If you have a model that's
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kind of top heavy here something.
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Once you're familiar
with the motion control,
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you can also go in and
create your own AI programs
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for ClicBot with the simple graphical user
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interface that allows
anyone to visually script
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to their heart's content.
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The community is also
constantly uploading new videos
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showcasing just what ClicBot can do.
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And with a helpful online
community of like-minded makers,
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you can be sure to find solutions online
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to problems you might encounter
when trying to program
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or put together, ClicBot yourself.
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They're also a great source of inspiration
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if you're not sure where to start,
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or where to go next in
your bot building journey.
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The lack of ability to
connect it to a terminal,
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isn't the only blemish.
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You're limited to 2.4 gigahertz wifi,
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there aren't any airlines
for failing code,
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and the app did have to
be reset a few times to
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fix some instances of freezing.
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However, Keyi's YouTube channel
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has a lot of tutorials for beginners,
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and ClicBot is already
getting firmer updates,
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so we would expect some of
these bugs to disappear,
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or at least lessen in the future.
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This also leaves room for
new features to be added
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on top of the 200 plus interactions
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it can already perform.
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Wow. It really does look
like a wounded animal.
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It runs for about two
hours between charges
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making it a pretty fun gift
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for the tech savvy kid in your life,
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or for anyone who's looking
to relive their childhood
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dream of having a robotic friend,
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or well, really any friend.
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Thank you for watching.
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Thanks Keyi for sponsoring this video.
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If your kids are still
too young for the ClicBot,
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make sure to check out our
ABCs of gaming board book
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at lttstar.com, totally unbiased review.
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How's the ABC's of gaming?
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If you're looking for another
video to watch right now,
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how about our review of Jibo.
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It's basically, well,
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it tried to be this,
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but it was so much less than this,
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