Rick and Morty’s Butter Bot Is Now Available IRL — and It Plays Tic-Tac-Toe

Imagine this: It’s Thanksgiving dinner. You ask someone to pass the butter, and instead of a relative, a tiny robot with caterpillar wheels zips across the table, butter in tow. What sounds like a Rick and Morty fever dream is now a reality. Geek Club and CircuitMess, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, have brought Butter Bot to life — an AI-powered gadget that’s equal parts absurd and ingenious.

Fans of the Adult Swim cartoon will remember Butter Bot’s sole purpose in the show: to pass butter and question its existence. But this real-life version does so much more. Thanks to some impressive engineering and a healthy dose of humor, it can navigate your desk autonomously, recognize faces and objects, stream live video, and even respond to voice commands. It’s a desk buddy with personality and surprisingly advanced capabilities.

Geek Club has a solid track record in robotics, with past projects including educational kits and a mini Mars rover. With Butter Bot, they’ve turned their attention to the multiverse, delivering something that’s practical, hilarious, and undeniably unique.

“This project represents what can happen when creativity and technology intersect,” says Geek Club co-founder Nicolas Deladerrière. True to its animated roots, Butter Bot comes equipped with its charmingly awkward caterpillar wheels, but now boasts advanced features that make it far more than a novelty.

While Butter Bot might work autonomously, it can also be controlled by its human overlord via a small controller if it gets out of line. Beyond the dinner table, the bot also syncs with your phone to deliver notifications like alarms, memos, and reminders — similar to a smartwatch. It also comes with an 8-ball feature for when you need advice — because, honestly, who wouldn’t want existential wisdom from a robot built for butter-passing?

Need entertainment? Butter Bot has you covered on that front too. It can play games like tic-tac-toe, rock-paper-scissors, and hangman. Fair warning: It’s reportedly a master of vocabulary, so bring your A-game.

For Geek Club and CircuitMess, this project isn’t just about bringing the butter bot into existence, although that’s a noble goal. The project also reflects the two company’s mission to make technology and STEM learning more accessible and fun. “We’re proud to bring such a recognizable character to life in a way that offers real functionality and interactivity,” says Albert Gajšak, CEO of CircuitMess.

It’s a little late for this year’s thanksgiving festivities, but you can pre-order Butter Bot now on Kickstarter to have on hand for your next big event. While you technically don’t need one, let’s be honest — once you see it, much like butter at Thanksgiving, it feels essential.