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In an article I found on google, it seems wowwee may have taken a new direction with their new branch, WOWWEE FUN!? But, we still have to wait until CES to find out what really is going on. Woyld any of the WowWee insiders please comment?
BOSTON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- 360 Public Relations LLC(TM) has recently been named North American agency of record for WowWee Group Limited (http://www.wowwee.com/), a leading designer, developer, marketer and distributor of innovative hi-tech consumer robotic and entertainment products. Known for its expertise launching entertainment lifestyle products and services, 360PR will introduce WowWee's 2008 line at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7-10, including innovations from WowWee Robotics(TM), WowWee FlyTech(TM), WowWee Alive(TM), and WowWee Fun(TM).
Hey quitej,
I already have up a bunch of pages showing my favorites out of the new WowWee product family for 2008 with full tech specs and glossy photos:
http://www.robotsrule.com/html/ces-2008.php
I better start saving now because that's a fortune in robots!
Robert
Looks like we know what happend to pea bot now
Intresting, but yet weird line up
It seems Femisapien isn't quite next generation of Robosapien series. She cannot even speak English!
newx said: It seems Femisapien isn't quite next generation of Robosapien series. She cannot even speak English!
Were did it say that?
I see it says somthing about speaking to other robots in a emotive languge,
But dont see anything about it speaking english or not in genral...
"has her own language consisting of emotive sounds."
http://www.robotsrule.com/html/femisapien.php
I just thought "her own language" means nothing like ours.
Member
Melbourne, AustraliaI seem to recall from an interview that Mark Tilden was not entirely fond of robots that talk, since they almost always speak english, and can't hold a real conversation, which he felt reduced their appeal.
http://www.robotsrule.com/html/roboremote.php
Now we know what Wowwee meant by "extending the functionality of existing robots" - it's Robodance with the twist of being able to download the special sequences to this customized remote controller.
Anybody notice the bot shadows standing by RSV1?
newx said: It seems Femisapien isn't quite next generation of Robosapien series. She cannot even speak English!
I have to disagree on this at one particular point - if Femisapien has a much more fluid motion than the RSV series (which she probably does, otherwise her dance is going to be grotesque) then her motion mechanics are more advanced then any in the "male" line.
She'd probably win a footrace hands down :)
This is obviously designed to appeal to women with emphasis on motion, sound & emotes. But then again, if I had to choose a bipedal Wowee robot to bring into a robot duel with other Wowwee humanoids - I'd choose her.
That kind of superior mobility wins a lot of fights.
The design reminds me a lot of the battlesuits in one of my fav animes Bubblegum Crisis (2040)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fRPPd1ND2fs
Bladestar demo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1_clnLcWVas
Tribot demo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6XDEWGO8xiA
Rovio demo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ISsq4YxCIAM
Wowwee Alive Animal demo
Sorry about that Nocturnal - I doublechecked the links and they seem to be correct but the videos aren't showing so far. Added URLs just in case.
<*edited by moderator to fix YouTube embedded videos*>
Member
Melbourne, Australia*Waits quietly for you to fix the broken videos*
Edit: Patience was never my strong suit
Member
Melbourne, AustraliaThere seem to be an awful lot of wine bottles in the background of those videos
Member
melbourne, Australiagreat line up, weird wheel configuration on the wheeled bots just hope they don't drag things behind them loving the northstar
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Madison WI, United StatesAt least wheeled ones should go on carpet, unlike the bipedals so far!
Visit my Roving RoboReporter blog!
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melbourne, Australiamilw said: At least wheeled ones should go on carpet, unlike the bipedals so far!true and at least rovio has a rechargable battery
Tight. The Femisapien looks interesting. Would definitely like to see what she can do with the whole "emotion communications" feature. Hopefully the movements are not clunky or awkward. That will be the big factor for that one. And the price of course.
I was quite impressed with the new change to the Alive series. They finally went away from the bodyless design! The only thing that bothered me was the price. It feels a bit low! That would suggest the features of this one may be lacking compared to other bots. I didn't see any leg movements displayed. Hopefully the retail version will have well defined actions. It seemed to not move very much and the legs appeared stiff as a board! It did look like the real thing though. That was pretty cool. The other "clones" were ok. Time will tell if these will actually be fun to have running around the house.
Tribot! He looks like another interesting toy to have! The price seems right considering he isn't trying to walk. That is usually the source of added expense on the product. I like the wheel design. He can go in any direction! Now if he could actually pick up objects and run around with them, that would be very cool. I am already thinking of a fun mod that allows the user to extend the waist so that he can grow by about 3 feet! I'll need a cheap plastic lightsaber and a pulley system though. That way he could pick up small objects and toss them in the garbage for me.
I was hoping the new flytech would venture into more interesting flying devices. This one however, feels almost completely obscure when compared to the Dragonfly. They could have made something a bit more interesting. I dunno. Maybe a flying fish? A flying bath tub? A flying squirrel? Or maybe an actual flying dragon! Fly Dragon! Ah well. There's always next year.
Since robots will one day populate every aspect of your life, its a good idea to make friends with all of them. Otherwise your shower bot might decide to play around with the water temperature while you are showering...
Has anybody seen any videos of the Femisapien or Wrex The Dog yet? If so, please post a URL.
I think Tri-Bot's wheel base and electronics will become a frequent hack for a million amateur robotics projects. It really is wonderful for omnidirectional movement and the price is right. Just think how cheap they'll be after a year of its release. Definitely a fun robot on its own but will definitely be a target for hackers for their own projects.
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Melbourne, AustraliaFastenjaw, you dont seem to have read the press release. The FlyTech line will include
roschler said: Has anybody seen any videos of the Femisapien or Wrex The Dog yet? If so, please post a URL. I think Tri-Bot's wheel base and electronics will become a frequent hack for a million amateur robotics projects. It really is wonderful for omnidirectional movement and the price is right. Just think how cheap they'll be after a year of its release. Definitely a fun robot on its own but will definitely be a target for hackers for their own projects.
No videos yet, but more information on the Chatterbots in the articles below :
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/8791.html
And something new I've read about the FemiSapien:
"FemiSapien, a female robot that looks a bit like Samus from Metroid, will cost $100 and is scheduled to hit stores in late summer. FemiSapien's repertoire includes detecting music and dancing to it, touch- and sound-activated actions, and the capability to control other WowWee robots. "
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006151.html
Not sure if the interviewer misunderstood what Wowwee said, this could just be a limited interaction similar to what takes place between the RSV2 & Robopet.
My bad. I didn't even look for that info when I saw the new CES videos. Heck I still thought CES was not supposed to debut until March!
Since robots will one day populate every aspect of your life, its a good idea to make friends with all of them. Otherwise your shower bot might decide to play around with the water temperature while you are showering...
Member
United StatesThis doesn't officially say "Femisapien" anywhere, but I am 99% sure it is her.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke
Member
United Statesokay, I guess I can't post the video, but here's a link to the vide of femisapien: HERE
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke
I have a question! since many people in these tribot vids oar saying that tribot is the next part of their robosapien line, does that mean that V3 is dead, or just put on hold?
the video from Grandlarseny37 isn't Femisapien as somebody posted in another thread in this forum.... oh no, i have no idea where the thread is... but the guy was saying the robot in the video is Japanese made and not Wow Wee.
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