RoboSapien

The toy is capable of a walking motion without recourse to wheels within its feet. It can grasp objects with either of its hands, and throw grasped objects. It has a small loudspeaker unit, which can broadcast several different vocalizations.

Released in 2004, the product sold over 1.5 million units between April and December 2004.[3]

Mark Tilden designed the Robosapien to be easily modified or hacked. The electronics inside the toy are easily accessed and clearly labeled. A growing community of hackers have devoted themselves to adding new functionality to the robot. Some hacks have added a live video camera, others an LED belt that displays text, headlights, a coilgun, speech synthesis, a "flamethrower" (a small torch) and more. A modified RoboSapien is also used in the 2009 revival of The Electric Company.

The first Robocup took place in 1997.[4]

Germany Openen 2005 tournament two teams of three Robosapiens each played the first Soccer match of humanoid robots worldwide. University of Osnabrück played against a team from Albert Ludwig's University of Freiburg. Replacing the head by a PDA allowed the robot to perceive its environment with a camera, a control program could then react to this via the PDA's infrared sender.

In addition to the white/black color scheme, Robosapien also comes in chrome red, blue, silver with blue eyes, gold, green, pink, and transparent.

In January 2007, two new Robosapien variants were introduced at the Toy Fair in London, styled after Spider-Man and Homer Simpson. The Spidersapien features Spider-Man styled armor, and an array of Spider-Man sound effects. It was launched together with Spider-Man 3. Homersapien was launched to coincide with the release of The Simpsons Movie. He is similarly adapted with sound bites and a sculpted Homer head, as well as a unique Simpsons accessory and packaging.

Animals in the Robo series included Robo-Pet (a dog-like robot) and Robo-Raptor (a dinosaur-like robot).

In early 2013, WowWee announced the Robosapien X, a Robosapien that can be controlled via any iOS or Android (operating system) device via infrared sensor. In 2014, WowWee announced Robosapien BLUE, a modified version of "Robosapien X" that can be operated with phone app via Bluetooth.

In 2021, Robosapien Remix, a redesigned smaller robot, was released.

• The dance command plays an instrumental part from the song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive.
• When you turn it off via remote, or it automatically turns off due to inactivity, it mimics the death scene from Citizen Kane (drops snow-globe, says "Rosebud").
• Many unlicensed knockoff versions of Robosapien do exist, such as Robone, Kartman, Robowisdom, Roboactor, and other various versions made by a variety of different companies... As with almost all Unlicesned products however, these robots lack in quality and durability.

• Length: 31.75 cm (12.50 in)
• Height: 34.3 cm (13.5 in)
• Width: 15 cm (5.9 in)
• Weight: 2.27 kg (5.0 lb)

A CGI/live action film produced by Avi Arad named Robosapien: Rebooted was being produced in 2008 and was released in 2013.[5]

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• Official website
• Robosapien Home on RoboCommunity - The official WowWee Robotics user community
  • The Evolution of Robosapien (in pictures)
• web site RoboDance for control robots Wow Wee