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A new Kickstarter campaign has launched a fitting tribute to one of Rick and Morty’s best gags. The Butter Bot, a self-aware robot that is only designed to pass the butter, can now be yours.
Of course, the Butter Bot – which is planned for an August 2025 release – can do a lot more than what Rick originally intended.
It starts at $139, but paying more will get you additional modules. The companies behind the project, Geek Club and CircuitMess, haven’t announced what modules are included. However, the upgraded pack starts at $219, which includes the Geek Tools Kit Box, which currently retails at $59.
The Butter Bot is built using a small dual-core microcontroller, with an “AI camera” – similar to Raspberry Pi’s. This allows it to detect various objects and interact with them. It has a range of functions, including face detection, and can detect edges with an IR LED to stop it from crashing.
Butter Bot will also come with a remote, which will let you view the built-in camera, and take over control. It’s another small microcontroller, with an embedded screen and direct commands so you don’t have to yell at it all the time.
Rick and Morty Butter Bot doesn’t seem to actually pass butter
However, the Kickstarter features a distinct lack of actual butter passing. Instead, Butter Bot will have the option to play with you across some basic games. Flip a coin, hangman and rock, paper, scissors are just a few of the built-in games.
There are a number of stretch goals, which at the time of writing, have knocked off targets, including the $200K (dance mode) and $300K (more skins for the user interface on the controller). The $700K target will introduce a “visual block programming” language on the controller, letting users create their own actions.
As expected for a Rick and Morty-branded robot, it has smashed past the $20,000 goal and is nearing $350,000 at the time of writing. The project’s time limit is set for December 5, 4:05 pm UTC, so there’s still time for it to hit the larger goals.
Geek Club and CircuitMess have shipped eight Kickstarters already, including a Batmobile.
