“WowWee” is right. These people are cranking out bots in nearly every form-factor and type of robot motility. The latest bot that they demo’d at CES is the RoboBOA, a snakebot. Robert Oschler of RobotsRule sent us a link to a video and a discussion forum, which includes an exchange with WowWee’s chief bot-builder Mark Tilden in which he reveals the following:
The RoboBOA is, in fact, a lot of robot. Using a new adaptive vision system it can track and see objects up to 4 meters away with precision, and it doesn’t just avoid them, it can take an interest. Motion is quick using its tail travel wheel, and it can raise itself almost a meter into the air during turns and demos. The default personality is very ET friendly, and it’s stuffed with other personalities like patrol guard, rotating lazer sentry, even a strafing guard mode. There are 41 functions including volume control, tracking flashlight, explore, and it’s even an iPod speaker amplifier.
Thanks, Robert!
