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Minimum Age: 3 years
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Our Editorial Review
Product Description There's something eerily familiar about Robosapien 1 that gives the collywobbles to those of use at gadgetshop HQ who are conversant in these matters. It's not just the seven independent servo motors in this ground-breaking bi-ped robot that give it lifelike movement. Nor the fact that it's fully tactile and responds to objects in its field of vision. It's that Robosapien is, undoubtedly, the shape of things to come. When NASA Mars rover scientist Mark Tilden and his cohort spent over $1 million developing a fully independent, walking, talking robot, they perfected an early form of BEAM technology in the process. BEAM - or Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, Mechanics - is a new branch of robotics that models biological behaviour and seeks to replicate it in hard-wired robots, setting aside conventional (and clumsy) computer control. Tilden's remarkable breakthrough not only renders Robosapien more lifelike, it enables him to perform over 80 complex actions on demand. With an independent right and left, Robosapien is designed to follow six different commands on each side, enabling a huge number of possible movement permutations, from high-fives to kung-fu actions, all governed by a fearsome remote master controller. The future, in no uncertain terms, is in your hands....
Customer Reviews
Fun at first, but gets boring!!!!!!! Posted 29 May 2008
I saw Robosapien in a charity shop for 10 quid and snapped it up as it retails at 30. I have always wanted a Robosapien v2 instead, but thought at this price I might as well get the v1 while I can. Unfortunately the manual wasn't with it so I went on the wowwee website where I could read the instructions.
Heres a list of things both good and bad he can do:
*Walking: walking is good. It walks well on our rugs (They are thin) and on our wooden floor it is good. Though when its battery is getting low, sometimes it will walk very slowly.
*Batteries: Batteries last quite a long time, which is good because he takes 4 D batteries and 3 AAA. In fact I've had him at least 3 and a half
weeks and he's still going strong on the same batteries.
*Functions: He has a lot of functions, over 60 to be precise, which include: Burping, 3 different karate actions, dancing, 3 demos, arm movements, kicking (I still haven't worked out how to do it), roaring, programing steps that he repeats and stores in his touch sensors, whistle,
picking up, throwing and more!!!
*Arm movements: His arm movements are limited. Sadly all you do to move his arms is press a button unlike the v2 where you have a joy stick and you can actually be fully in control of his them.
*He can't hear sounds-only when he is in listen mode where a tap to his body or a noise brings him to his normal mode
*He can't see things and he only talks caveman which you can't understand
*I find he gets quite boring after a while and I just returned to using my Roboraptor (another wowwee robot which I have also reviewed)
*Controls: Controls a easy to use. I didn't have the manual so I don't know how to make him kick and I don't know what sonic or execute buttons do. But overall you get used to the controls after about 30 to 40 mins.
*He does not have Free roam or any of the quite hi-tech stuff. Though he does have IR Sensors so if you have another wowwee robot and you have the roboremote you can copy a function from v1 onto the roboremote and use it with other wowwee robos. I do not know if that is exactly what the roboremote does but check out www.wowwee.com for more information.
So all in all he's a cool robot but gets quite boring after a while.
But I would get Robosapien v2 for just 11 pound more, who has many,
many more functions and actually speaks English!!! So there you have it
Robosapien a fusion of technology and personality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids love it! Posted 27 January 2008
Got this present for an 11 years old boy and he absolutely adores it! He finds it fascinating, and I think it's much better than some computer games. Drives the parents crazy with the noise, but the number of programmable moves is simply pretty amazing!
Best robot ever! Posted 29 November 2007
I got this for Christmas in 2005 and have really enjoyed it since.
I like where it's sensors are located and I also enjoy the features, as some of the things it does are really amazing. The people I know seem to get bored of it quickly- but that's just because they are boring people!
He has fallen over quite a few times, but doesn't even have a single scratch.
This is the best robot ever!
robosapien Posted 27 November 2007
well im 44 male i bought this for £17pound secound hand from amazon
well it was so cheap and the seller sent me the electric blue robosapien
which is the cooler one. as it only cost me £17pound all in inc batterys,
i think its great fun more fun than the V2
i think if you can buy it cheap and see it for what it is
a fun toy!.
what ever your age
i thinks it is great thanks amazon i love its little dance routine hilarious
Good value 'real' robot, solid product Posted 25 November 2007
Had ours a few years. Amusing demos including dancing to own disco music, pre-programmed compilations of moves, e.g. pick up, throw, karate chop, a handful of sounds including wolf-whistle, burp, burp from the other end, hi-yah, oops, etc. Infrared remote control like a TV's, mostly three functions per button, easy to visibly switch between functions (no light, green light, orange light on control). Can use in real-time with remote control (walk, turn, turn on spot, arm movements, tilt at waist etc. plus all pre-programmed moves), or program six consecutive moves (including the pre-programmed combinations of moves) - each different program triggered by making a noise with the robot in `listen' ('sentry')mode or touching right hand/heel sensors or left hand/heel sensors (i.e. three different programmes at a time). Also a master program of 14 commands initiated from the remote control. Very, very durable, amazing rotation of arms, pick-up tricky as objects need to be well placed to remain in robot's grasp as `fingers' close and arms lift, can't carry much more than a sock with arms up if not to go round in circles, limited walking ability on soft carpeting. Actually, mine doesn't do a good straight line anyway, but I don't mind. Here's the manual so you know what it does: www.wowwee.com/robosapien/manual.html. Durable fun and well worth it for the money in my opinion, a tad short of stunning given today's high expectations, but certainly has the air of a `real' robot about it. I would guess an 8-12 year old male would be totally over the moon, older and adults intrigued to play a week or two before exhausting immediate possibilities and returning now and again. A very good product, good value, has a personality and deserves to be bought on its own merits.
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