As someone who tries his best to avoid driving and sitting in traffic, I prefer personal transportations devices. I started with a Segway in 2018, covering 1 000km+ on South African roads and 3 100km (and counting) on my Onewheel, getting to work daily as well as running personal errands. I’m now moving on to playing with Loomo.

Loomo is described as an “Advanced Personal Robot, Mobile AI Sidekick, Mini Personal Transporter”. With such a tag line, how can a developer not be intrigued – and this is exactly what happened to me.

In this talk, I’d like to cover my experiences with Loomo and how I view it as a platform. Everyone thinks of Amazon and Uber as platforms, but I intend on broadening that mindset, showing how a gadget like Loomo can be a platform for both career developers and hobbyist too.