Robosapien Media

Remember Teddy Ruxpin or Robotics? For those of you in the under thirty crowd; these were basic robotic toys that were interactive. Teddy Ruxpin was a bear that had a cassette player in his back. He would move his mouth and arms slightly as he read you a story. Robotics were kind of like tinker toys meets Legos. They came with motors that could be attached to pieces and you could make things like a dinosaur or a crane. The latter was truly a toy I played with for hours on end.

Teddy Ruxpin Robotix

Recently there has been a surge in “robo” toys; Roboraptor, Robosapien, and Robo Pet to name a few. With the continued advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and miniaturization there are sure to be more and more. The next big ‘robo” toy is coming out late this summer and it promises to blow away past and current robotic toys. It is Robosapien Media from Wow Wee.

Robosapien Media will be the first multi-media interactive robot sold to the mass consumer market. There have been others but none that were affordable enough to mention. Robosapien Media will blow your kids’ minds with all it can do. Robosapien Media features “body movements, infrared vision and stereoscopic sound and touch sensors.” It can walk and avoid obstacles, track movement with its eyes, and react to sounds. Robosapien Media can also recognize different colors. You can also program Robosapien Media for “guard mode, sleep mode and auto shut-off mode.”

Robosapien Media will be available in August and sell for about $200. Although the price seems a little high it is light years beyond the robots I grew up playing with.