San Jose, California, USA

Akifusa Nakazawa and Dan Harden of Whipsaw present Bizzy and Martian, two home service robot concepts that came out of a Stanford Research Institute study.

Bizzy and Martian are affordable robots designed to perform simple chores, like picking up laundry and toys, fetching drinks, wiping counters, and watering plants.

The project has been awarded a 2021 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

These robots are compact moving appliances that roam around your house doing tasks you don’t want to do or can’t do.

The single arm on each robot proved quite capable of grasping and placing. They can also reach down to floors, up to countertops, or go inside containers.

Each concept imagines advanced AI control and behavior-modifying machine learning, so they merge into one’s lifestyle like a pet. Bizzy and Martian are profound visions of the near future.

Home service robots don’t exist yet, so Bizzy and Martian needed to establish a novel paradigm from scratch. Everything required original conception, including the robots’ aesthetics, functionality, usability, and business model.

Project: Bizzy and Martian Robots 
Designers: Akifusa Nakazawa and Dan Harden, Whipsaw, Inc.
Manufacturer: Bizzy Robotics, Inc. dba