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Robosapien: Latest Toy Robot From Mark Tilden
Onnimikki writes "Mark Tilden has been building really cool BEAM robots for a long time. Now, he's come up with RoboSapien, a toy that no self-respecting geek can go without. Videos of the RoboSapien at the 2004 New York City Toy Fair have been made available by Solarbotics. Mark offers some really good explanations about what makes them work."
"A full function fast moving robot minion suitable for all your world domination needs."
And for only $99? Wow, we should've invested in these in Iraq.
Blatantly policital:
Good thing he didn't name it HomoSapien, or the Terminator/Gov. of California (difficult to tell which part is more of a stretch) would say:
What a Homo Robot? That is illegal!
...our tiny, little overlords.
- Speaks fluent international "caveman".
It's nice to see more interest in 'caveman', unlike dying languages such as Latin or 'Furby'.
Although 'caveman' is not a selection at Babel Fish yet.
"- 67 pre-programmed functions including pick-up, throw, kick, sweep,dance, fart, beltch, rap, and half-a-dozen different kung-fu moves.
- Speaks fluent international "caveman".
- Three demonstration modes: Disco dance, Rude behavior, and Kung Fu kata.
Well, looks like I'm going to lose my job to a $100 robot.
I guess that could work. I mean, if you control the floors and electrical outlets, you pretty much control everything.
My cat has two rules:
- Anything on the floor is his.
- Anything on anything that is his, is his.
Since rule 2 is applied recursively, he can easily rule the entire apartment, despite being less than 14 inches tall!.