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Robosapiens RS media

Wowwee Robotics has a nice booth set up here at the Sands Convention Center with all kinds of new robotic goodies. Three new robots are debuting this year: the P.E.A. BOT, the RS Media, and the Roboreptile.
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RoboSapiens 2: bigger pictures

Bigger picture of the robosapiens 2 and its box have surfaced on the internet: Go HERE

The best hacking site about the robosapiens are definitively:

Robosapiens 2 available in sept. 2005?

List of functionnalities:

  • Multiple levels of environmental interaction, with humans and objects; sight, sound and touch senses.
  • Humanoid body movements, including bending sitting and standing, lying down and getting up, waving, martial arts...
  • A color vision system: recognize colors and skin tones; which wil help him interacts with objects and people.
  • IR vision: detects and avoids obstacles and table edges; tracks moving objects.
  • Speech: through the controller or after detection of sensors
  • "Laser" tracking technology: follows a path traced on the ground.
  • New Precision gripping hands, articulated fingers.
  • Stereo sound system and possibility to program reaction to sounds detection.
  • Realistic 2-axis turning head with animated LED eyes.
  • Interacts with, and can controls, 2 others robots: Robopet and Roboraptor
  • Sleep and auto-shut off functions.
  • 100 pre-strore functions.
  • 4 demo modes and 4 programming modes.
  • Controller or direct, positional programming.
  • Remote control and autonomous behavior modes.
Expected price tag: $200

Read more: Robosapiens 2 available in sept. 2005?

too lazy for cleaning the floor?

  • You can see HERE some floor cleaning and sweeping robots
  •  And HERE some robots that can take care of the lawn

In the biggest category, do not forget to look also at  the giant forest-walking spider robot by John Deere.

Robosapiens 2 presentation during CES 2005

Robotic physicist Mark Tilden has release its second version of robotsapiens (price tag around 200$). It can now control 2 others robot (Robotpet and Roboraptor), can follow a laser line, recognize with his color camera persons and environment...
Official Homepage Woowee
Pictures of the prototype on Solarbotics.net

Robosapiens ($200)

Robopet ($70)

Roboraptor ($100)


Soon someone will have to enter the 3 robotics laws in their silicon brain for sure:
  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Read more: Robosapiens 2 presentation during CES 2005

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