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First Peek at Robosapien V2

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the robot-parade dept.

balancedi writes "According to OnRobo, the New Robosapien looks to be a lot more fun but it had better be at a $200 price tag. While still controllable via remote he now is more autonomous. He also has more range of motion, better hands, a vision color system, and a laser tracking system."

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  1. Useful? by koreaman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Besides being a toy, is this thing actually useful at all? Can it go get your newspaper or anything like that?

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  2. The robots are coming... by PeterPiper · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I give it five years before this 'toy' evolves through annual improvements into something that can fetch a cold beer from the fridge for you. A robot priced in the high end toy range that could actually do household chores, is that still a toy?

    My girlfriend is terrified of robots, a true phobia. She better get over it soon.

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    1. Re:The robots are coming... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      your girlfriend is terrified... I just told mine that we will be expecting the pitter patter of little feet in our house (she can't conceive) and no, she's not insulted, she's as big a geek as I am and has worked for a robotics company in the past. Can't wait to see these improve and look forward to having one of our own.

  3. Robopet by deemzzzz_k · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm actually much more impressed with robo-pet. The proposed price of $70 for something that can manage commands, has touch sensors, can be walked on a "laser leash" (assuming that means it'll follow a laser pointer around) and can learn like AIBO at almost 1/10th of the cost....WOW


    I sincerely doubt the new robosapien will be a success though. For $200 it's no longer in the upper range of toys - it's entering the price range of video game systems, televisions... the feature set is impressibe but most will likely never really use them.
    Unless there are practical applications - RoboSapien - get me a beer!

  4. Anyone else but me... by writermike · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wanna see a Robosapian program then ride a Big Trak into a big line of plastic, green army men?

    It's such a nostaligic cornucopia!!

    Just me, huh?

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  5. Re:Would be cool if... by kiddailey · · Score: 3, Interesting


    Something like that already exists and it's very useful ;)