Competition
🐕 Choose My Dog Breed: Build an AI Chatbot That Finds Your Perfect Pup
You are part of an innovation team at a smart robotics company launching an AI-powered robot dog. Marketing wants a playful, useful experience where people chat with an AI "Dog Matchmaker" that recommends the top 3 real-world dog breeds based on lifestyle and personality. Your task is to build that chatbot: it should talk naturally, ask follow-up questions when needed, and compute data-driven matches using breed traits.
Prize
A ROBOT DOG
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- A conversational flow that extracts user preferences (e.g., activity level, home space, family/children, allergies, time for training).
- A matching approach that maps user preferences to breed traits and returns the top 3 breeds.
- A results display that includes images from the image dataset; optionally generate a short social-media-ready video or post for the top match.
- (Bonus) NLP or embeddings to interpret open-ended responses and ask dynamic follow-up questions.
- A clear, reproducible notebook or hosted app link with instructions to run your chatbot.
Prizes
1st
Unitree Go2-Air Robot Dog
2nd
ROLA Mini Companion Robot
3rd
$50 gift card
How to get started
Create your most insightful build using DataLab, our in-browser tool to write, run, and publish data analyses and apps. Once finished, publish it for review and upvoting.
Judging criteria
Creativity & Functionality (40%)
- Natural, engaging chatbot experience with relevant recommendations.
- Robust handling of missing info via follow-up questions.
Data Use & Insight (35%)
- Appropriate use of breed traits and clear matching logic.
- Sound reasoning and validation of results.
Presentation & Storytelling (25%)
- Readable, well-structured notebook/app with concise explanations and visuals.
- Helpful executive summary of recommendations.
Rules
- Entries must be a published DataLab workbook (publicly visible).
- One entry per user. You may update your entry until the deadline.
- Only the top 100 most upvoted entries will be judged by the panel.
- Ensure your workspace runs end-to-end without errors.
Note: Please ensure you are 18+ and permitted to enter a skill-based competition in your country.
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