As a follow-up to its successful line of robotics products, WowWee will be releasing the new Roboreptile later this year. A post by Peter Pachal over at the SciFi Channel tech blog provides some details, including news that the new gadget will retail for around $120 or so.
Pachal had a chance to see the Roboreptile in operation, and includes a few impressions in his post:
You can control the toothy robot directly from the remote control, but it’s more fun the let the little guy (2¼ feet long) roam around, relying on its infrared sensors to guide it. Set loose on the kitchen floor, Roboreptile will run speedily along on all fours, avoiding obstacles, until it encounters a potential threat (Fido, perhaps), whereupon it’ll switch to biped mode to “attack.”
Check out Pachal’s blog post or visit the newly-launched official Roboreptile site for more details. (Source: WowWee, SciFi Tech blog) – [Jeff James]
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