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Roboreptile: The Evolution of the Robotic Dinosaur
The Roboreptile is an evolution of WowWee’s famous Roboraptor and Robosapien. It can be called an evolution because although it does share some of the basic technology of the Roboraptor, the Roboreptile is easily a very unique creation. The Roboreptile has some features that simply showcase WowWee’s dedication to continue making robots that are ideal…
Get Ready for Something Seriously Playable
Everyone in the world knows what Lego is. In fact, some cultures actually make use of the word “Lego†as a substitute for “educational toyâ€. Lego allows children of all ages to explore their imagination by letting them create various objects and scenarios. This fuels a person’s creativity as well as his or her ability…
Da Vinci Robot, Helps Surgeons to Operate Prostate Cancers
Every day we learn how robot technology is used to help us with tasks that are far from trivial. This robot, named after the famous painter “Leonardo Da Vinci” helps surgeons to reduce the risks of complications to 1/3 to the normal rate. Da Vinci, has nothing that resembles the humanoid type of robot. Here…
Battlebots, Gladiators of the 21st century
Robots can do a lot of things, so why not put them to fight against each other? This idea, born in 1994 with the “Robot Wars†competition that was held in August, at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California. The idea is to put robots into different competitions, like playing football, the tug…
Choosing the perfect Robot Toy
Latest generation of robots are child friendly, but still highly sophisticated. In the past, robots where very simple toys, that had the ability to spark our imagination. They did not had much intelligence, but we loved them because they where part of the bigger dream of human kind. Most of them where just metal humanoids,…
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