Two New WowWee Bots Due This Month
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 2 of October , 2009 at 2:14 am
Time to start writing up your non-denominational holiday wish list, ’cause WowWee is releasing a couple new robots this month. The humanoid, called Joebot, uses the same type of hand controls as other WowWee humanoids, but his new feature is voice command. It’s unclear just how many commands Joebot responds to, but it could be kinda cool I guess, and it’s a welcome addition to more ho-hum stuff like dancing and beatboxing (for whatever that’s worth).
Roborover is a little less sophisticated, but sports some functional looking treads and a reasonably powerful working headlight. He can wander around autonomously, avoiding obstacles, and has a guard mode that detects movement. He uses a remote instead of voice command and is smart enough (or dumb enough) to follow you around on his own.
Both of these bots have the same dubiously wacky personalities that we’ve come to expect from WowWee, meaning that they’re probably more suited for kids than for hardcore roboticists. But, once some poor kid listens to one of these bots make a quip for the nth time, he or she will start trying to figure out how to mod it if for no other reason than to get it to shut up. Brilliant!
Joebot retails for $100, while Roborover goes for $70. Available soon.
Product vids, after the jump.
[ WowWee Joebot ]
[ WowWee Roborover ]
VIA [ SlashGear ]
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Comment by Del
Made Friday, 2 of October , 2009 at 9:22 am
RoboRover has been on the shelf for more than a couple weeks now. One of the guys at RoboCommunity has home video of it here.
Comment by BobM
Made Sunday, 4 of October , 2009 at 10:48 pm