Rosie

Rosie is a curious robot from a distant galaxy that has crash-landed on our planet. Children are encouraged to teach Rosie about life on Earth.

The Rosie Project is an educational initiative, prompted by the team’s conviction that exceptional science education should be accessible to all. Its mission is to provide effective educational technology that inspires a lifelong passion for science.

The Rosie team has developed an educational, technology-based product for children ages 8 and up. Co-creation is what drives this innovation: Workshops are conducted in collaboration with schools, universities, and businesses, which allows children, parents, and educators to be involved throughout development. The workshops explore smartphone technologies, including sensors and augmented reality.

The first product was an educational app. It followed the story of Rosie the Robot while transforming users’ smartphones into accessible science labs. Children taught Rosie by conducting smartphone-based science experiments in the real world.

The startup RosieReality, of the Wyss Zurich project Rosie ceased operations in the summer of 2020 when it sold off its assets to a third party in California’s Bay Area.