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> We believe the future is going to be epic, and the kids of today will inherit it. Meet Trick-E, our first robot and the hero of our first adventure.

![A painted playroom at night: Theo and his little sister Tara play on a glowing floor while Trick-E, a small blue robot truck in a cowboy hat, lifts a toy block with his crane arm.](https://cowboymachines.com/img/hero-1200.jpg)

Cowboy Machines

# The future is *beautiful.*

We believe the future is going to be epic! The kids and youth of today will inherit a fascinating new world, full of excitement, joy and glory!

[Meet Trick-E](https://cowboymachines.com/trick-e/) [Read the first story](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/)

[For developers](https://cowboymachines.com/#developers)

Meet Trick-E

## Our first robot, and the hero of our first adventure

Shreyas, one of our cofounders, wanted a robot his two kids would love from the first hello. Not a gadget and not another screen, but a friend: small, curious, a little clumsy, and always keen to help.

So Trick-E helps with the chores, mostly by turning them into a game. The toys find their way home, everyone laughs a lot, and the kids end up helping him as much as he helps them.

He's our first step towards the future we want: bright, green and kind, where children, nature and machines grow up together.

[More about Trick-E](https://cowboymachines.com/trick-e/)

![Comic panel: Theo and Tara kneel on the living-room rug beside Trick-E. Caption: Hello! It's me, Trick-E. I'm a cowboy truck because I have a cowboy hat and one arm.](https://cowboymachines.com/img/trick-e-hello.jpg?v=tara)

The stories

## Theo, Tara and Trick-E

Theo is eight. His little sister Tara is three. Their papa built them a robot truck, and the truck tells the stories.

Trick-E narrates every adventure from down near the floor: what he sees, what he gets excited about, and what he completely misunderstands. In the first one he goes to school for toy day, packs spare batteries in case the school is in Antarctica, and ends up solving a crime. Sort of.

Read it as a comic or listen to it, in English or German.

[Read or listen](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/)

[![Cover of Adventures of Theo and Trick-E: The Case of the Missing Computers. Theo peers through a magnifying glass, Trick-E beside him.](https://cowboymachines.com/img/cover-800.jpg)](https://cowboymachines.com/stories/read/?lang=en&page=1)

For developers

## Build with Trick-E

Soon you'll be able to plug Trick-E into your own coding agent and teach him new tricks. If that sounds like your kind of fun, say hello and tell us what you'd build.

[Get in touch](mailto:hello@cowboymachines.com?subject=Builder)

## Stay in touch with Trick-E

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