Combining physical NFC character figures with its pioneering Dual-Agent interaction system, modonut creates a screen-free tabletop RPG and multi-character reasoning experience that helps children aged 4 to 8 grow through play, imagination, and dialogue.
Macau, May 27, 2026 — Cross-disciplinary children’s AI hardware company modonut® today made its official debut at Beyond Expo, unveiling its flagship product: a screen-free AI multi-figure game console designed for children aged 4 to 8.
With the vision of becoming “the Nintendo of the AI era,” modonut is bringing AI technology into family play by transforming real-world tabletop games and language-based games into a magical AI-powered stage for multiple interactive characters. The product allows children and their playmates to explore, express themselves, and think independently through safe, joyful, screen-free adventures.
Founded by a startup team from the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub in Shenzhen, modonut brings a deep understanding of both artificial intelligence and child development. At a time when families are increasingly concerned about how children should grow in the AI era, modonut offers a new approach to home-based learning through play.
By combining an AI console, physical NFC character figures, adventure maps, role-playing storylines, and tabletop props, modonut allows children to simply place one or more figures onto the sensing area to enter different game worlds. Without buttons or electronic screens, children can move beyond the role of passive “story listeners” or users of one-on-one chat toys, becoming active young protagonists in open-ended adventures.
Unlike traditional AI toys that rely on simple one-question, one-answer conversations, modonut creates a vivid multi-character interactive experience. In this expanding game universe, children are not merely talking to a single machine. They can witness, guide, and participate in dynamic exchanges between multiple AI characters. Whether through immersive role-playing adventures or logic-based debate games, this multi-character collaborative interaction greatly enhances playability while helping children develop critical thinking, communication, and social expression skills.
While delivering an engaging play experience, modonut has also developed its original Multi-Dimensional Child Mind Growth Map system. Every game is designed on the basis of this system, with predefined story worlds, NPC characters, interaction logic, and game levels. During play, the interaction system can interpret information from children’s conversations and adjust level mechanisms without interrupting immersion, creating a richer and more responsive experience. This allows modonut to integrate knowledge across humanities, science, character development, and other areas into gameplay, ultimately achieving its goal of “growth through play.”
modonut has already completed its second round of prototype testing with seed user families. Strong user engagement and interaction data have validated the potential of this model, and the team is now actively preparing for mass production and commercial launch.
“We firmly believe that the next generation of children’s technology should not simply mean adding more cold, flashy screens,” said Wenqian He, Founder of modonut. “By combining expertise in child psychology, large language model interaction, and embedded hardware, and through our self-developed SOULING Personality AI technology, we aim to give every character its own personality, warmth, and depth. Our goal is for every play session to help children learn cooperation, expression, and growth.”
About modonut®
modonut® is a cross-disciplinary AI hardware company with a team spanning children’s education, psychology, large AI models, embedded hardware, and interactive content. The brand is dedicated to integrating advanced AI technology with real child development scenarios, creating fun, safe, and scalable screen-free interactive products for families.
