I mentioned previously that I was feeling kind of weird about not having people on the scenes and was worried that it felt quite empty.
I don’t want to add real people walking around as I don’t want the user to feel stressed or rushed.
That is why I decided to make a cute robot companion.
I worked on the design in blender and created several expressions that will change on interaction.
The idea is that the robot will help the user: recreate conversations, give tips, provide instructions and give company.
I made a few renders.
I also started working on the visual identity of the project.
This robot will be the face and the personality of the whole thing.
I did a lot of research to find an easy to pronounce, catchy and short name that I can use and came up with the name POLYMAD.
It is a mix of the words Polyglot, which means someone that speaks many lanugages and Nomad, which is basically a traveller.
I made a logo with all the elements that encompass Polymad and decided to name the robot Poly.