Roboreptile

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Following its success with the overwhelmingly popular Roboraptor is Wow Wee Toy's Roboreptile robot dinosaur. Unveiled at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, it is a smaller, faster and vastly more agile robot dinosaur. It was inspired by the Australian frilled lizard, being able to rear on its hindlegs and attack.

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[edit] Features

  • Realistic biomorphic movements
  • Four-legged walking and high speed running; bipedal "attack" mode; jumping action
  • Flexible neck; whipping tail
  • Multi-sensory environmental awareness
  • Infra-red vision sensors for obstacle avoidance and detection of movements
  • Sonic sensors for detection of sharp, loud sounds
  • Touch sensor for responding to human interaction
  • Five modes
  1. Autonomous (default): Hungry and aggressive; explores and interacts with his environment searching for prey; attacking, roaring, biting behaviors
  2. Direct control: Multi-layered 28 function remote including demo function and volume control
  3. Program: Enter a sequence of up to 20 commands
  4. Guard: Activates vision and sonic sensor
  5. Sleep
  • Three moods
  1. Hungry: his "natural" (default) mood; activate the "feed" button on the remote and he will track down the signal
  2. Satisfied: he calms down after eating
  3. Hooded: he becomes subdued; depending upon human interaction, will either wake up hungry or fall asleep
  • Auto shut-off function

[edit] Notes

WowWee took a serious look at the limitations of the Roboraptor and has created a new robot dinosaur that is eagerly anticipated by robot enthusiasts everywhere. The Roboreptile is partially controlled by an infrared remote control.

Pros and cons,

On the plus side, the Roboreptile, unlike some other Wow Wee products, namely the Robosapien, which has been criticized due to its inability to navigate basic surfaces in the home, is pretty agile and can move fairly fast.

Its programming however may have a tendency to glitch and get caught in a start-up loop where the device continues to 'pounce' and roar repeatedly which has no apparent fix for it apart from replacement. Further its limited interaction ability and poor remote control detection has led to it being deemed a white elephant as far as delivering on its promises. However, the Roboreptile does have very advanced artificial intelligence, and when operating normally it can avoid obstacles without question. It has also been criticised for its 'two leg' mode, in which instead of standing properly upright, it 'rocks back' on to its back legs. It also may have an issue with not responding properly in low light levels of some homes which can be resolved with brighter lighting.

[edit] Release Date

Roboreptile was released in New Zealand on the 26th of June 2006. It will be released in other countries in July to October.

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WowWee Robots

List of WowWee Robots: Robosapien  · Robosapien v2  · Roboreptile  · Roboraptor  · Robopet  · Alive Chimpanzee

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