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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. Well... by Blue-Footed+Boobie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Version 2 Laser-Tracking (Now with Colorvision!) overlords!

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  2. All I want... by WD_40 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Is robots with frickin' laser beams. Is that too much to ask?

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  3. Last heard.... by mesach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mumbling something about finding Sara Connor.

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    moo.
  4. Also detailed at PC Magazine by hockeyrink · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1748603,00.as p

    Some nice popups of the new trio of bots coming out this year. Tilden isn't at the CES show, and says that these models are early prototypes, but promises that the New York Toy Fair show will show off much better developed versions.

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  5. 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!

  6. Re:The robots are coming... by vettemph · · Score: 5, Funny
    >She better get over it soon.

    ...or learn to fetch cold beers.

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