Companion robot for personal interaction

A robot system, comprising:

• a base station;
• and
• a robot;
• wherein the base station comprises:
• a wireless transceiver configured to communicate TCP/IP transmissions over a local wireless protocol;
• a wired Ethernet connector for communicating TCP/IP transmissions over a local wired Ethernet accessing the Internet;
• and
• an access point circuit for transferring TCP/IP transmissions between the local wired Ethernet and local wireless protocol, the access point circuit limited to a predetermined IP address locked to the robot, having a predetermined shell level encryption locked to the robot, and having predetermined ports to the Internet open only to the robot;
• wherein the robot comprises:
• a wireless transceiver configured to communicate TCP/IP transmissions over a local wireless protocol;
• and
• a client circuit for transferring TCP/IP transmissions over the local wireless protocol;
• wherein the predetermined IP address locked to the robot comprises an IP address known by the robot and authorized for communication with the robot, the access point circuit locked to the predetermined IP address by requiring authorization for changing the predetermined IP address;
• wherein the predetermined shell level encryption locked to the robot comprises a trust boundary that encrypts and protects data communicated between the local wired Ethernet and the local wireless protocol, the access point circuit locked to the predetermined shell level encryption by requiring authorization for changing the predetermined shell level encryption;
• and
• wherein the predetermined ports to the Internet of the access point circuit are assigned to the robot for use only by the robot.