WowWee Rovio Spy Robot Review with Video

WowWee Rovio Spy Robot

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 around objects:

The Rovio review over at Robots-Dreams.com covers all the main features of the robot, including ease of setup, the robot’s main components, the charging dock and the TrueTrack beacon system. It also explains Rovio’s web interface; complete with extensive magazine quality photographs of the sleek and powerful robot.

More about this robot in the WowWee Rovio section at robotsrule.com.

Posted by Robert Birming on October 5th, 2008.

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  1. Teknoloji
    October 15th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    haberin Türkçesi burda WowWee Rovio http://www.nettim.net/bilisim/wowwee-rovio-hayatinizi-kablosuz-yonetin.html

  2. Bristolview
    November 11th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    Very nice, reasonable price. I like everything here, but it needs a few things to move to a really nice solution (besides a good front version). what it needs…
    - Video of the person on the other side so those seeing the robot can see who they are talking with.
    - Multi-Room navigation capabilities. The current navigation beakon only works in the room with the dock.
    - Call remote person. while I’m away on business, it would be nice if my daughter could tap the robot (some button) to initiate a call to me.
    - More positioning control of the head camera, good now, better is welcome.
    - Quieter motors, too distracting to be used in a remote meeting.

    Just some thoughts, your mileage and needs may vary.
    Cheers all.

  3. Robert Birming
    November 12th, 2008 at 2:40 am

    Thanks for your thoughts on the “WowWee Rovio Spy Robot Review with Video”, Bristolview - some cool ideas you have there.

  4. Bristolview
    November 12th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    Robert, thank you. I travel at least half of my time. I’ve been thinking about how to better interact with my daughter while I’m away (my wife dislikes video conferencing). Video conferencing is nice, but it’s only at the family computer, moving around the house would be nice. I’ve built a basic mobile Webcam by combining a radio controlled tank, an Armotron mechanical arm with hand and an IP based Webcam. Add some simple TTL to give me control of the remote control from across the world and you have a moving Webcam with 360° camera control, with ability to see up or down and anywhere in between. Rovio is a much nicer version, but seems quite limited. Not at all a put down, it’s affordable and not bad. I’m excited for version 2.0.

    Other requests:
    - Zoom ability on camera
    - Rotational control (up and down) of the camera.
    - Telescoping neck to lift camera higher above floor level
    - With the LCD I requested in my previous post… ability to push pictures to Rovio. (”Amy, look at this picture I took this afternoon, it’s the Eiffel Tower.”)

  5. Robert Birming
    November 13th, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Sounds awesome, Bristolview! Great ideas, thanks for sharing!

  6. Evolution
    November 21st, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Hey guys-
    tutorials for setting up Rovio’s TrueTrack navigation system are now available at http://www.northstartutorials.com

    Enjoy!

  7. Robert Birming
    November 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 am

    Thanks for the tips, but it seems you’ve got a 509 at the moment.

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