Robo News Articles

Say hello to the Roboremote, the niftiest, handiest little contraption yet seen by WowWee enthusiasts! Roboremote is a universal infrared (IR) remote control designed for use with any of WowWee's past, present and future IR-controlled robots.

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By: milw
Posted: Wed, 06/25/2008 - 10:27

I would like to introduce to all of you to the two robots that got me started on my studies of robotics, before I became fascinated with the awesome bots from WowWee! These two old boys have been doing down time since late 1997, due to the high cost of batteries these days - but I was recently able to get a great deal on some to get them back...

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By: Lady Royce
Posted: Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:36

Like the Robopet, the Robosapien V2 and the Roboraptor were created with built-in interactivity. We wanted to share this interaction with everyone who don't yet own both robots. Sit back and watch the interaction between the RSV2 and his ferocious friend, the Roboraptor in this homemade video. It looks like Robosapien is having more...

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By: Ron Repking
Posted: Sun, 08/27/2006 - 22:59


Q: What is the difference between each pick up and drop function?

A: Your robot is capable of over 20 different pickups with his full sized hands. These pickups can be combined together for a variety of programmed actions.

For example the following program allows the robot to ask for something and then...

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By: The Insider
Posted: Fri, 09/08/2006 - 16:20

This is central command for Java and the RS Media. This is where Java developers and RS Media enthusiasts collide. It's your one-stop information shop for learning everything from "What is Java?" to "What's the Sun Java Robot Extension?" to "How does Java work with the RS Media?"

This is a resources page. It is already dense...

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By: Jeff Block
Posted: Thu, 05/17/2007 - 09:01

So we already know the Roboquad can dance, but what else can it do? Here is a presentation of Roboquad's features as explained by WowWee employee, Michelle (no, not our blogger, Michelle C.). Because of the background noise, it's tough to make out Roboquad's almost R2D2-like sounds, but they do work for him and adds to the experience of...

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By: Khalid J Hosein
Posted: Sat, 01/20/2007 - 02:38

This video, taken at WowWee, demonstrates the features of their latest humanoid robot, the RS Media. It includes a walkthrough of the movements, video capabilities as well as custom programming capabilities of the robot which was released in select parts of the world in late 2006.

The video also shows screen shots of some of...

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By: Ron Repking
Posted: Thu, 02/01/2007 - 00:37

Roboquad is WowWee's new robotic insect, to be released sometime in 2007. He recently sat for a professional photo shoot, and asked me to share some of the pictures with you, some of his closest human friends.

There has been some discussion recently about what he really looks like. This is the final production version of the...

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By: Jeff Block
Posted: Tue, 04/03/2007 - 09:23

A few knew ... or at least predicted ... that this would have to happen sooner or later. But who knew that it would be so soon ... and so fun ... and so many would GET DOWN AND BOOGIE!

Chicago's newest dance club features robots robots robots. And WowWee is center stage. I saw Roboboa, RSV2, and Robopet just in the short time...

By: Steven Jones
Posted: Mon, 11/19/2007 - 09:59

Hello all,

This article describes two methods to customise the way the RS Media graphics look on his LCD. But due to my very limited (read: "non-existant") graphic artist capabilities, I have only included 3 customised pictures. So, I tell you how to do the customisation, but there aren't any cool new graphics yet. If anyone would...

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By: Helibot
Posted: Mon, 08/03/2009 - 17:03

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