This Robosapien trailer is a real trailer and not a Saturday Night Live sketch, despite all signs to the contrary. Producer—and heavily marketed as producer—Avi Arad's baby (one of the many faces behind the Sony-based Marvel movies), this might be the absolute worst thing we've ever seen in video trailer form. And…
As the folks at Robots Rule show in this video, Femisapien is "smart, funny, can dance up a storm and perform skits with you." What a gal. Here we get a demo of just about every feature imaginable, including Fashion Pose mode, Backup Singer mode, Business Card Handout mode—you get the idea. All fine and dandy. And…
WowWee, makers of fine programmable robotic toys, is stepping back a bit with the "Alive" series of animatronic beasts sporting realistic skeletons that move according to how much attention they're given. You can't load custom Java code onto this White Tiger Cub though, so if that's your thing, stick with the …
We had a wail of a time at CES 2008, but we were not the only ones. The various robots on display were also going nuts at the convention. We have rounded them all up in this excellent video, showing you the neat robotics that we thought were worthy of a video shout out. Hit the clip to see them in action, and then…
Holy shit. Robots Rule developed a new Elmo personality for the ElmoSapien, essentially turning the RoboSapien we love so much into an Elmo doll that haunts our every waking and non-waking moment. To install it on your own RoboSapien—although we don't know why anybody would—just download the instructions, sound files,…
What do you get when you combine one of our favorite toys, the Robosapien, with a dildo? Something both kids and adults can enjoy. When we imagine having sex with robots every night, this is totally not what we're thinking of.
The Robosapien is going to be hitting the big screen. The robot will be starring in its own movie and it will be made with the help of Avi Arad and his production company. Arad has put work into Spiderman movies, the Hulk, X-Men 3 and the nostalgic X-Men animated series from the 1990s. Those who are fans of the more …
Our favorite robot toys have gone mainstream, as WowWee and McDonalds are teaming up to put tlittle miniature versions of the toys into Happy Meals.
If you do end up watching most of the video, check out the cheesy script where the robot actually tickles Elmo. Sweet. Anyway, Robosapien's no Asimo, but he can do a lot for his $120ish price, and the Wiimote makes his antics nearly effortless to control and even more fun.
Unfortunate news has come about regarding the P.E.A. Bot from Wowwee, the folks that brought you the Robosapien. This beer-holdstering, Segway-technology using robot that we first told you about at CES 2006 over a year ago has officially gotten the can. It was slated for an early 2007 release and it was finally canned…
Looks like our favorite hackable robot is going under the knife again. Not content with his previous body, Robosapien is getting a Spider-Man makeover along with the ability to make web-shooting noises and speak with a Spidey-friendly vocab. Also in the works is a Homersapien who will come with a sculpted Homer head…
Toys'r'us has clearanced out the older version of the Robosapien. It originally sold for $100, but they knocked off $70 to bring it down to $30, plus shipping. This toy is fun for all ages, so you older folks shouldn't shy away from a good deal like this.
If you didn't get that beloved Robosapien for Christmas, no worries, Amazon is here to help. If you go check out the Amazon Gold Box they have the Robosapien V2 for $99 today only. This is half off what this robot toy normally sells for. The Robosapien V2 can walk, talk and interact with the environment. It won't…
It's clear that WowWee Robotics' Robosapien has some fans here and the latest model, the RS Media, offers more multimedia functionality than you could ever want from a little robot. The robot, a prototype of which was demoed at CES earlier this year, features an integrated LCD on which MPEG videos can be displayed;…
Feeling a little slow? Now you can get yourself a new brain, at least if you're a Robosapien. Manufacturer WowWee's deal with Evolution Robotics provides their Roboraptor and Robosapien programmable robots with more sophisticated navigation and pattern recognition systems. So now instead of merely frightening your…
Travis here, back in freezing Kansas. I was given the amazing opportunity to be one of Gizmodo's writers covering CES and here are some of the gems that really caught my eye.
Wowwee Robotics has a nice booth set up here at the Sands Convention Center with all kinds of new robotic goodies. Three new robots are debuting this year: the P.E.A. BOT, the RS Media, and the Roboreptile.
Finally somebody took a Robosapien and did something useful with it. This is a mod done by Adam Plavinskis. Flame away kids, made that damn cafeteria lady pay for refusing to serve chicken nuggets today!
