Casio Moflin vs Loona Inc. Loona DeskMate
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| CasioMoflin | Loona Inc.Loona DeskMate | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | November 2024 | – |
| Task and control | ||
| Form | Stationary | Stationary |
| Use | Companion | Companion |
| Intended use | – | Requires an iPhone 12 or newer; the phone supplies the display, cameras, microphones and computing. Those are not built into the stand. Maker Loona Inc. was formerly KEYi Technology; this company rename does not create a separate hardware generation. |
| Phone app | Yes | – |
| Movement | Head rotation and tilt; does not travel around the room. | – |
| Remote control | MofLife app shows moods, journal and battery, and sets the name, volume and software updates. | – |
| Cloud and offline operation | Voice features are processed locally; speech is neither understood nor recorded. Optional app uploads support the journal and servicing. | Face and attention processing on the iPhone; explicit AI requests use cloud services. Removing the phone or sleeping it stops watching and listening. |
| Subscription | – | Basic features do not require a subscription; optional plans add higher usage capacity. |
| Regional availability | Casio UK offers purchase with mainland UK delivery only. Casio also has regional US and Japanese sales. | Obsidian EU and Studio White US versions are offered with dispatch in three business days. |
| Release details | Casio confirms Japanese general sales began 7 November 2024; the September 2025 UK/US launch announcement is a later regional event. | A current purchase page establishes ordering, but first-sale date is not published in the sources read. |
| Hardware | ||
| Degrees of freedom | 2 | 3 |
| Actuators | – | Three degrees of freedom: yaw, pitch and roll, driven by brushless servos. |
| Robot weight | 260 g | – |
| Microphone | Yes | – |
| Sensors | Light, touch, microphone, accelerometer and gyroscope. | – |
| Audio | One speaker and one microphone. | – |
| Size and weight | 130 × 90 × 180 mm; the UK table does not label axes. | – |
| Accessories | Bed, AC adapter and startup guide included; Silver and Gold are colour variants. | – |
| Battery | ||
| Battery life (maker's claim) | About 5 hours under typical daily use at 25°C | – |
| Battery capacity | 1,200 mAh | – |
| Battery | 3.7 V lithium-ion battery. | Maker describes a powered desk hub; no internal battery capacity or cordless runtime is published. |
| Charging | About 3 hours 30 minutes at 25°C in the supplied bed. | 15 W Qi2 phone charging; 165 W GaN power delivery hub supplied with a separately rated 180 W AC adapter. |
| Dock | Bed: 140 × 100 × 190 mm, approximately 280 g. | – |
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