Robosapien

Robosapien is a humanoid robot from WowWee robotics. Robosapien is a toy-like biomorphic robot designed by Mark Tilden and produced by WowWee toys. The Robosapien is preprogrammed with several functions that are controlled by an infrared remote control included with the toy. Robosapien, as the advert for it says, is "The robot that thinks it's a human!". He is capable of a walking motion without recourse to wheels within his feet. It is also able to grasp objects with either of its hands, and is also able to throw said objects with mild force. It has a small loudspeaker unit, which can broadcast several different vocalizations, all of which appear to be recordings of a human male pretending to be an ape.

The toy's remote control unit has a total of 21 different buttons. With the help of two shift buttons, a total of 67 different robot-executable commands are accessible.

Package contents
Robosapien comes with Remote and cup to pick-up and throw.

Programming
The Robosapien, or more correctly its controller, is equipped with a basic level of programmability. Users can string together movement commands to form what the toy's manual describes as either macros or mini-programs, but which are more correctly described as robotic instructions sets. A completed Instruction-set is broadcast to the Robosapien, which then saves the set to on-board memory for later execution. Instruction-set Programs can be re-played back by performing the following actions : It is also possible to produce a sensor-keyed instruction set, where the Robosapien will then perform a specific set of actions on contact with a specific sensor system (i.e. contact with the left hand would produce a set of sounds followed by a specific programmed gesture)
 * pressing the "execute" button
 * touching one of the sensors on its hands or feet
 * putting it in "listen" mode and then making a sharp noise.

Command List

 * Bulldozer
 * Burp
 * Fart (Oops)
 * High Five
 * Left arm down
 * Left arm in
 * Left arm out
 * Left arm up
 * Lean back
 * Lean forward
 * Lean left
 * Lean right
 * Left pick up
 * Left strike 1
 * Left strike 2
 * Left strike 3
 * Left sweep
 * Left throw
 * Left thump
 * Left (turn left)
 * Reset
 * Right arm down
 * Right arm in
 * Right arm out
 * Right arm up
 * Right pick up
 * Right strike 1
 * Right strike 2
 * Right strike 3
 * Right sweep
 * Right throw
 * Right thump
 * Right (turn right)
 * Roar
 * Step backward
 * Step forward
 * Stop
 * Talk back
 * Turn step left
 * Turn step right
 * Wake up
 * Walk backward
 * Walk forward
 * Whistle
 * Dance
 * Demo 1
 * Demo2 All Demo

Batteries
The robot takes 4 "D" size batteries and the remote controller requires 3 "AAA" batteries.

Colors
==== Robosapien first came out in white with black accents. The robot then was sold in black, chromatic red, chromatic green chromatic blue, chromatic silver and chromatic gold. There was also a signed edition of most of these colors, as well as versions themed after Spider-Man and the Simpsons, dubbed Spidersapien and Homersapien respectively. ====

Trivia

 * The dance music sounds similar to Dead or Alive's song You Spin Me Round (Like a Record).
 * When you turn it off via remote, or it automatically turns off due to inactivity, it says "Rosebud," mimicking the death scene of the movie Citizen Kane.
 * On boot, the Robosapien will perform a brief self-check sequence. On completion, it will say "Uh-huh," and enter normal operation. If this sequence fails or runs sub-optimally for whatever reason (e.g. low battery power), it will instead say a negative "Nuh-uh." However, it will still operate normally even if the sequence fails.

Links

 * www.wowwee.com
 * The offical Robosapien Site
 * Robot Rules/Robosapien