Word: robosapien
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...This summer, two multiplex options, Transformers, a tale of warring alien robot races, and the Bratz movie, a yarn about a group of girls united by a shared love of fashion, are based on popular kids' toys. Movies about G.I. Joe, the American Girl dolls, the animatronic robot toy Robosapien and He-Man are in the production pipeline. For movie studios and toy manufacturers, toy movies are a no brainer - the link creates a kind of branding blitzkrieg that leaves nearly every child in the targeted demographic hit by Bratz or Transformers lust. This summer, the Transformers movie has taken...
...Some of the robots exist simply to amuse. Montreal's WowWee Ltd., for example, used technology that trickled down from the military and NASA to create Robosapien, a cartoonish humanoid with cutting-edge capabilities. Standing around 61 cm tall, he can perform 80 functions, including disco dancing, kicking and kung...
...Robosapien on Guard Mode, and it will watch and listen, screeching out comical alarms if disturbed. When you return and switch its mode, it reports how many times its perimeters had been compromised. Stick your hand in front of its face, and it uses color recognition to determine that you are human, and then it offers a high five. Be quick about it, because it's apt to pull the old "you're too slow" maneuver. It comes with a green bowling ball and three red pins, which it can recognize on sight and play with a little. The play...
...Programming the original Robosapien was difficult, and it forgot the program the instant it was turned off. This one is easy to program in Puppet Mode. Wag its limbs, turn its head and twist its torso, and it memorizes all of the moves for later. You can also execute more complicated programs, as with the original, only this robot remembers its moves until you program in a new plan. Unlike its predecessor, this one speaks understandable English, too-speaks, in fact, of many things: Its likes (world domination) and dislikes (when you press Shift1, Shift2, Shift3...
...What can't Robosapien V2 do? Well, besides being clumsy when picking up and putting down objects, it?s also not terrific on carpet. If you don't have a nice tile or hardwood floor for this Robosapien, you're going to see it take its share of face plants. If it falls on its back, it can get up with a command from its remote, but if it falls forward, he shouts "User error!" I think that's supposed to be ironic, because the only way up is if you pick it up by the scruff of its body...