The Wowwee Roboscooper has been precisely designed to cleanly lift objects with its big hands and load them in the big enough tray attached to it’s rear. It has exactly 6 wheels to move around and you can control it with a remote control to guide it to clear objects. It is the latest invention of Wowwee.

Unfortunately There Is a weight  restriction, and it is pretty, well, restrictive. Heb can only pick up one ounce Things That Weigh. Do not worry Though Because ET Will Still look extra cute doing it. Just please do not make Him scoop up Anything You Would not Want to scoop up yourself, you know What we mean. You can pick Him up for just $ 70.

The Line of WowWee Robots has-beens a big success Because THEY appeal to Both Sides of robot lovers, Those That Love functional robots and giving further That Love funny and cute looking robot. The latest WowWee robot to release is this new WowWee Roboscooper. His name is pretty descriptive of Exactly What It Is That He Does, scoop things up.

In autonomous or remote control mode, Roboscooper can clear your floor of small items, picking them up with two hands, and then pivoting its torso to drop the merchandise on to the miniature flatbed on its back.

Now judging from the initial images released by the company, it’s doubtful whether those hands can actually do a lot of scooping but then again, WowWee does say that Roboscooper can only handle lightweight objects (one ounce at most).

Looks and movement-wise, many say it’s a cross between Wall-E and the 1980 toy icon, the “Big Trak”. In fact, the company dubs it as WowWee’s answer to Wall-E. It may be far from cleaning up the planet Earth but what it may lack in functionality, it could make up for in entertainment value.

The Meccano Spykee Spy Robot is a high tech machine that can guard your home and keep in contact with you via the internet. Spykee is equipped with a camera, microphone and WiFi allowing you to use your PC to keep control of this mobile CCTV robot from anywhere in the world.

With a built-in motion detector Spykee can detect movements, sound an alarm on your computer and incredibly send you a picture of the target. Meccano allow you to build this robot yourself and offers a number of different looks. When finished let Spykee free to run around listening, watching and even lets you talk to people. Being compatible with Skype software you can use Spykee as a webcam and talk to friends over the internet or play your MP3 music through it’s speaker.

One has to consider a few items to make sure whichever route they go, that they will be happy with the investment.  All of the robots connect to a wireless router/firewall.  Typically, the home routers (Linksys, Netgear, Belkin, etc) are low-end routers, and their throughput is slow (They can only process so much traffic at a time).  Then, their CPU limits on how fast it can encrypt/decrypt wireless traffic.  One also has to consider how fast their broadband connection is (Download, and upload).  A fast upload is necessary to quickly send the video/audio outside of your home network.  You also have to take account if there is traffic already being transmitted within your network.  Latency is another huge factor one has to consider.  It might be slower during peak times to your Spykee.  Where you will be controlling your robot is crucial also.

If you’re at work, make sure to research which port(s) you will need to access the robot.  If you plan on controlling the robot while you’re at a public hotspot, be prepared for it to be choppy.  All of the hotspots I have been on were very slow due to them being public.

This information is vital in making a decision in what robot will work for you, and will work with your current network configuration.  Lastly, purchase the robot from a company that has a great return policy, like hammacher-schlemmer with their generous lifetime warranty.  Other companies offer great warranties also.  This will protect you if any issues arise, so you can either exchange or get a refund.

SpiderSapien is a version of the Robosapien except that it is dressed up like Spiderman and has Spiderman’s personality. It comes with a remote with 67 functions that enables it to walk, grab, throw, dance, and other things. On top of that, it also comes with a vocabulary of ‘Spiderman phrases’.

Spider… senses… tingling! Or should that be touch senses tingling? See, Spidersapien (imagine Robosapien, only in Spider-Man pyjamas) has built-in touch sensors in his toes, heels and fingers so he can turn around and run away when he walks into a wall, chair or hammy actor Willem Defoe. That’s not his best feature, though. He also spouts out famous Spider-Man one-liners, and performs a web-slinging action and a special Spidey dance. He still has all of Robosapien’s old qualities too: roaring, burping, farting. How pleasant.

Features:

• New: Speaks 40 Spiderman phrases taken from the Spiderman series of movies
• New: Performs Spiderman’s web slinging maneuver with appropriate sound effects (does not shoot webs though)
• When in Listen mode (guard), respond to sounds in the room and execute a user programmed series of moves
• Responds to a press of any of his touch sensors and execute a user programmed series of moves
• Dances
• Can pick things up and throw them
• Burp, fart, roar, and a host of other movements
• Can execute a series of user programmed commands at the press of a button

WowWee’s angry, aggressive Roboreptile ($120 street) does a lot with just four leg joints and only five motors. It can jump, lunge, hop on its rear legs, turn swiftly left or right, and race forward. By combining these relatively stiff legs—there are no knee or ankle joints—with a fully articulated, six-inch neck, a foot-plus-long tail, and a very reptilian face with a mouthful of rubber teeth, the Roboreptile achieves a startling effect.

The Roboreptile features a variety of sensors that allow it to interact with you and the environment. It features two IR sensors mounted in the tip of the nose, two sound sensors located in the rear of its head, and one touch sensor located on the top of its back. As robot veterans will immediately notice, the Roboreptile features fewer sensors than its predecessor. While this does reduce its capabilities in interacting with humans, it simply represents the new direction Roboreptile is taking (more on this later).

The two nose mounted IR sensors allow for the Roboreptile to detect objects in its path and movement. With two sensors, it can discern the differences between movement on its left and right. These sensors have limited range when it comes to typical surfaces, thus the robot will not be able to detect you across the room. They do have sufficient range to detect walls and obstacles in its path as well as your hand should you be foolish enough to put it in front of its head when it’s hungry.

Product Features

The second incarnation of the Robosapien is now here in the shape of the Robosapien V2. The V2 is bigger and badder than his baby brother and stands at a whopping 2ft tall with an array of new features. The Robosapien V2 is more flexible than the first Robosapien and can even talk to you! If you have bought a Robosapien V2 then why not write a review and share your thoughts with other users about this robotic sensation.

At $250, the Robosapien V2 has more than doubled in price and nearly in size over its predecessor. Fortunately, its capabilities have grown as well. This blue-eyed automaton has an almost fully articulated body and is capable of head turns, arm and shoulder bends, grasping with large robotic fingers, and bending at the waist. He still lacks knees and though he can walk at three different gaits, he won’t be climbing any stairs. The Robosapien V2 also has dozens of user-controlled actions, each of which can be accessed via the multibuttoned remote. Additionally he can hear, see (though not through his luminescent eyes), feel via sensors in his hands and feet, and interact.

This expressive, interactive robot’s large, near-human-size, articulated hands can reach out, pick up objects, and even throw a special green bowling ball. The Robosapien V2 ships with the ball and a set of red bowling pins. If you hold the ball an inch from his face, the Robosapien will startle (he does this for anything that suddenly appears in front of him), recognize the green ball (he’ll say the words), then ask for it. If you have the pins set up in his vicinity, Robosapien will find them and try to knock them over with the ball.

All four of its limbs, as well as its head and torso can all be manipulated using the second thumb-stick. This includes the ability to pick things up at two different heights and to throw them. The highlight of our time with the Robosapien was when a colleague placed a toy dog in front of it. Robosapien contemptuously picked up the poor creature, crushed its head and threw it away. We would have liked the optical sensors to extend to the limbs as picking things up is extremely difficult in general, and has more to do with the actual position of the robot in relation to the item than control of the hands. The ability to sense nearby objects on the floor and move the arms towards them would take this toy to the next level.