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WowWee Roboscooper

Patra Beaulieu — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:35:24 +0000

One good way to get out of vacuuming every day of the week is to get a Seven Day Scheduling Robotic Vacuum and let it loose in your home. There’s also an interesting clean-up device for the little goblins that take things out and fail miserably at putting them back. Their wishes might come true when you call upon [...]

WowWee Mr. Personality Robot

James Scott — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:24:19 +0000

For anyone that has ever wanted a robot sidekick (everyone?) comes the WowWee Mr. Personality Robot. He’s a lot more fun to have around than R2-D2 or C3PO because he can tell jokes, answer questions about your future, or tell you your daily fortune all with a color LCD screen to display his animated facial [...]

WowWee Rovio Spy Robot Review with Video

Robert Birming — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:40:27 +0000

A brand new review by one of the first owners of WowWee’s revolutionary Rovio home spy robot has just been posted over at the great Robots-Dreams.com website. This video shows the reviewer taking Rovio on a tour of his house highlighting its high quality video feed along while showing off ability to turn and move [...]

WowWee FlyTech Bladestar Flying R/C Toy

Robert Birming — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:52:40 +0000

The Hong Kong-based WowWee company has announced the launch of their FlyTech Bladestar, a radio-controilled indoor flying machine that is said to “change helicopter flight as we know it today”. The first flying toy with sensor-based navigation, the FlyTech Bladestar flyer glides through the air using two wings that spin with helicopter-like movement. Built-in infrared [...]

WowWee’s Wrex the Dawg Available in the U.S.

Robert Birming — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:54:54 +0000

Wrex The Dawg, WowWee’s cool robot junkyard dog (previously featured here at GeekAlerts), has finally popped up in online stores in the USA for ordering. Amazon.com has it available for about $140. Hammacher Schlemmer has it with an expected ship date of 9/26/2008 and a price of $130. Buy.com has a free shipping offer, but [...]

WowWee Femisapien Robot – Now Available

Robert Birming — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:39:51 +0000

WowWee’s first female robot ever, Femisapien, is now available for purchase for $99.99 USD. She’s been spotted for sale at Amazon.com, Target and WowWee’s online store. About the Femisapien, also known as E.M.A. the Kissing Robot: Sophisticated and independent, her advanced design and AI allow her to move in distinctly fluid ways. She is intelligent [...]

WowWee Femisapien Robot – Detailed Review

Robert Birming — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:43:09 +0000

The first detailed review ever of WowWee’s Femisapien robot (see previous sneak peek videos) is now online. Check out the video from RobotsRule: In-depth review and companion video gives solid coverage of Femisapien’s revolutionary new touch based interface and shows several of her many truly unique and entertaining behaviors. Most importantly, the video shows that [...]

WowWee Robot Lion Available for Pre-order

Robert Birming — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:24:43 +0000

This cuddly lion from the WowWee “Alive” line of robot animals, displayed at CES 2008, is no available for pre-order (due to be released August 21). Realistically textured and patterned fur combined with an animated face and advanced touch and tilt sensors deliver a highly authentic lion cub robot that is extremely sensitive to your [...]

WowWee Femisapien Robot – Sneak Peek Videos

Robert Birming — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:14:34 +0000

As part of a WowWee’s new “Insider Video” series, two clips giving a sneak peek at some of Femisapien’s more advanced features have been released. The first video shows WowWee über-inventor Mark Tilden showing just how easy and it is to script Femisapien simply by moving her body around (posing): The 2nd shows how the [...]

New WowWee Robot: Wrex The Dawg (Video)

Robert Birming — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:43:03 +0000

Here’s a brand new video of WowWee’s upcoming Wrex The Dawg robot. The guys over at RobotsRule has just uploaded this video review that covers the important features and capabilities of WowWee’s hilarious cartoon character come to life, Wrex The Dawg. In the video you’ll learn about Wrex’s custom behavior modes like how to turn [...]

WowWee Tri-Bot in Action (Video)

Robert Birming — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:44:23 +0000

This new video from RobotsRule covers the important features and capabilities of the latest successor in WowWee’s Robosapien line of robots, the Tri-Bot. Here is the accompanying written review, which contains secret tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Tri-Bot robot that are not covered in the video, along with a comprehensive [...]

Rovio – The Wi-Fi Spy Robot

Robert Birming — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:48:43 +0000

Rovio is the first robot from the WowWee company to use the breakthrough Northstar technology for pinpoint navigation of your home or office. Rovio acts as a Wi-Fi enabled spy robot with full audio and video streaming capabilities, accessible from anywhere in the world you have a Web connection and a Web enabled device like [...]

Roboboa Robot Snake – Now Available in the USA

Robert Birming — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:51:57 +0000

WowWee’s robot snake, the Roboboa, is now available in the USA for $99.99. This is the advanced robot snake with powerful infrared sensor technology that doubles as a mobile intelligent flexible light, party snake, and alarm clock. Here’s a video demonstration of the Roboboa: Features: Thinks for himself but follows your every command 3-eyed "alien" [...]

World’s First Radio-Controlled Flying Bee

Robert Birming — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:41:44 +0000

I guess the Top 13 Strangest R/C Toys list needs to be updated after having read these wonderful news about the WowWee’s Radio-Controlled Flying Bee. Wowwee Ltd., in a licensing partnership with DreamWorks Animation Consumer Products, today announced the creation of Flytech™ Barry B. Benson™, the world’s first radio-controlled flying bee. Flytech Barry B. Benson [...]

ElmoSapien – Robosapien as Elmo (video)

Robert Birming — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:05:35 +0000

ElmoSapien is the latest free custom personality for WowWee’s Robosapien RS Media robot. In this video, complete with a furry red costume and Elmo’s attitude, watch ElmoSapien interact with other robots and clumsily initiate his plans for world domination. The ElmoSapien custom personality contains over 210 unique voice files, which Robosapien RS Media owners can [...]