Cool new tech

[Monster Dave]

Has anyone else seen this yet? It's part robot, part RC car, part speaker phone, part web cam, and totally awesome!





It's called Rovio - and for $295 I'd buy this over a PS3 anyday!!!

Check out the website for the manufacturer:

http://www.meetrovio.com/

All it needs are arms to pick things up and the possablitites become endless! Imagine feeding your pets while you're on vacation - or better yet virtually walking your dog while you're half way around the world by remote control!! 

This totally wins the "cool tech" award for today! 

Here's the amazon.com link for it:

http://www.amazon.com/WowWee-Rovio-Enabled-Robotic-WebCam/dp/B001CQLGD6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1224267491&sr=8-2

[acalles]

sweet, reminds me of the MK2

[Monster Dave]

But this is real - check out the demo video - this is totally cool!

[the_Journeyman]

Reminds me of one of the American Pie movies...

JM

[erkishhorde]

Hey! It's got those awesome uni-directional wheels that let it travel any direction. I saw those on a prototype this episode where they made a car that could parallel park itself by moving straight sideways. Very cool.

[Monster Dave]

Here are the tech specs:

Rechargeable NiMH battery pack included
1 x charging dock with built-in TrueTrack beacon
3 x wheel motors
3 x omni-directional wheels
1 x camera motor
1 x VGA CMOS sensor
LED illumination
1 x speaker
1 x built-in microphone
USB connectivity
WiFi connectivity (802.11b and 802.11g)

[Monster Dave]

Looking deeper into the products of WowWee, it's actually the same company that makes Robosapien and RoboRaptor

[herm]

your bored, arent you?

[Monster Dave]

your bored, arent you?

I was on lunch break! 

[TiNi]

your bored, arent you?

my boss like robots too...

one day he'll replace us all!

[KnightofNi]

Has anyone else seen this yet? It's part robot, part RC car, part speaker phone, part web cam, and totally awesome!


All it needs are arms to pick things up and the possablitites become endless! Imagine feeding your pets while you're on vacation - or better yet virtually walking your dog while you're half way around the world by remote control!! 

cool until spot decides to run off after something and the robot is pulled along.

[Monster Dave]

  True.

[Mother]

ok neato, way cool robot

but

what do you do with it?

[Monster Dave]

ok neato, way cool robot

but

what do you do with it?

It's a mobile webcam that has on board speakers, mic, and camera along with the ability to navigate by remote.

[acalles]

It's a mobile webcam that has on board speakers, mic, and camera along with the ability to navigate by remote.

so basically you use it to bug your pets..

cool toy, but a bit expensive.

I'll wait to see what kind of hacks people come up with, and wait for the price to drop to $150..