Do You Need Some Sleep? You Might Consider Cuddling With A Sleep Robot
Are you having trouble falling asleep at night or getting to sleep? Are you having trouble falling asleep at night? Have you tried essential oils and white noise machines? You might want to try the latest trend in slumber: cuddling up with a sleep robotic.
Robot-ish? It’s actually a small, teddy bear-sized kidney bean called Somnox. He lights up and then breathes with you to guide you towards dreamland. The gentle hum of the little bot is designed to be in sync with your breathing and lull you into deep REM sleep.
A group of Delft University of Technology students, who were all sleep-deprived engineers, developed the technology. The group soon discovered that they were sleeping better after designing the prototype in 2015.
Julian Jagtenberg, co-founder of Somnox, said that we were both robotics engineers and had been personally affected by the effects sleep deprivation. To help our families and ourselves get back to sleep, we designed a soft robotic prototype. We fell asleep quicker and slept longer. We realized that this wasn’t a project for academic purposes when people we didn’t know reached out to us because they had trouble falling asleep.
With the launch of a Kickstarter campaign in fall 2017, Somnox went from an academic project to a full-fledged sleep product. Somnox received nearly the same amount of support Jagtenberg and his team had used to launch the Kickstarter campaign. A July launch is expected.
The robot will come with basic tech, including the ability to play white noise, meditation tracks and audio books, as well as heartbeat rhythms while you sleep. The team plans to release two software updates after the debut: an alarm clock that gently wakes you up each morning, and a sleep coach that creates personalized breathing patterns based upon your movements.
The company is already taking pre-orders for the second shipment of Somnox bots in October. You can get yours now for a cool €99
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