robotindex Casio Moflin
A palm-sized furry creature from Casio — yes, the watch and calculator company — with no eyes, face, or screen, that shifts its head and vibrates in response to handling while developing a simulated personality over time. A decade in development before Casio brought it to market, first in Japan and later in the US and UK.
casio.com — Moflin →
Image: Casio (official)
Specs
Battery
3.7V 1200mAh Li-ion~5 hr runtime; ~3.5 hr charge on included wireless bed
Dimensions
130 × 90 × 180 mm~260 g; charging bed ~280 g
Connectivity
MofLife appiOS 15+ / Android 8.0+; tracks emotional/interaction history
Sensors
Touch, accelerometer/gyrolight sensor, microphone (tone analysis, not full speech recognition)
Camera
Noneconfirmed absent
Movement
2-axis head tilt/rotation+ vibration; does not walk
Personality
~4 million configurationsper Casio; develops from handling patterns
Subscription
None foundappears to be a one-time purchase, not explicitly confirmed either way
Reference Price
$429 in the US (£369 in the UK), per Casio's own official pricing; it launched first in Japan on November 7, 2024 at ¥59,400 (roughly $380–400). That Japan release reportedly sold out, with press estimates of 7,000–10,000+ units sold.
Insights
Casio's own MofLife privacy notice confirms collecting motion/touch/orientation sensor data and "parameterized voice data" from speech but doesn't clarify whether raw audio is retained anywhere before conversion — a genuine transparency gap in Casio's own documentation.
Firmware & Community
Closed platform
Casio Moflin has not released a public SDK, firmware repo, or developer API. Not currently listed in Builds & Mods.
Verified against Casio's own official product and blog pages (casio.com, including "A Decade-Long Journey Behind Moflin"), Casio's PR Newswire launch announcement, Casio's MofLife privacy notice, and reviews from TechCrunch, TechRadar, Engadget, Notebookcheck, and BetaNews. The US/UK launch date is given inconsistently across two of Casio's own sources (September 17 vs. October 1, 2025) and is presented as unresolved. Whether Moflin's microphone retains any raw audio before converting it to "parameterized voice data" is not clarified in Casio's own privacy notice — flagged as a genuine documentation gap rather than a confirmed practice either way. No explicit "no subscription" statement was found from Casio; its absence is inferred from official materials and press coverage rather than stated outright. No direct press comparison between Moflin and Qoobo was found despite their conceptual similarity.