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QFO – New Flying R/C Toy from Tomy

Robert Birming — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:52:09 +0000

The Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy has announced its QFO – a small radio-controlled flying toy that was recently displayed at the 2008 Tokyo Toy Show in Japan. There isn’t much info available about this new little gizmo, but Andrew Liszewski over at the great OhGizmo gadgets and design blog managed to find this video shot [...]

New R/C R2-D2 Action Figure – Now Transparent

Robert Birming — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:12 +0000

The Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy has released an updated transparent plastic version of their popular radio-controlled R2-D2 mini action figure. With the mini-lightsaber remote, R2-D2 will move forward or turn on command, rotate his dome as he rolls, beep and whistle, and illuminate his photoreceptor “eye”. R2-D2 measures approximately 2.5 inches tall, and includes batteries [...]

AI Tech Racing by Tomy

Robert Birming — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:44:16 +0000

The Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy today announced the debut of an innovative “sensor” technology for its forthcoming AI Tech Racing brand, featuring the ability to detect and avoid obstacles, and negotiate turns and corners without input from the user. Unlike traditional “slot” cars and similar vehicles that are guided by grooves or “slots” in the [...]

i-SOBOT vs Godzilla (video)

Robert Birming — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:05:46 +0000

Video footage of i-SOBOT, the world’s smallest mass produced humanoid robot, in a no holds barred battle up against Godzilla: While many celebrate the triumphant arrival of Takara/Tomy’s tiny humanoid robot upon American shores, a disturbing development comes with it. All across the USA, i-SOBOT fight clubs have been forming. These clubs have only one [...]

Rhythmbits – New Dancing Turtle Robot from Tomy

Robert Birming — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:13:04 +0000

The Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy has created a follow-up to their Walkiebits, a dancing miniature robot turtle released in 2005. The Rhythmbits dances to music by wagging its tail and moving forward and backward in response to high and low-pitched sounds. The Rhythmbits robot is small enough to fit in a child’s hand and is [...]

Roboco Robot Pet from Tomy

Robert Birming — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:28:46 +0000

The Roboco robot pet from Tomy is now available at AudioCubes for $17. This little square robot dog (or cat, whichever you prefer) is the new Tamagotchi. Roboco acts just like your pet. It eats, sleeps, needs attention (a little patting on the head will do) poops and gets sick too. When it’s happy (just [...]

i-SOBOT Humanoid Robot Introductory Video

Robert Birming — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:21:44 +0000

This official Tomy/Takara i-SOBOT video shows the tiny talented humanoid robot doing flips, talking, and gives a brief overview of several of its features: In other i-SOBOT news the official i-SOBOT web site now has some of the Japanese web pages up; still waiting on the English language pages. Also, Amazon has changed their quoted [...]

i-Sobot Available for Pre-Order

Robert Birming — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:55:08 +0000

i-Sobot $299.99, the world’s smallest robot, is now available for pre-order. The tiny humanoid from Tomy, a Japanese toy merchandise company, is expected to start shipping in October. The i-SOBOT is fully functional and features 17 custom designed actuators and gyro-sensor that allow it to keep balance and freely move joints for impressive performance, vivid [...]