FemiSapien is a female humanoid robot that WowWee announced at CES in January 2008.[1] It can respond to sight, sound, and touch and can be programmed with a sequence of movements.[1] At CES 2008 an estimated release date of late summer and $99 MSRP were given,[2] and was being sold for $89.99 in 2009.
Features
- Three modes of interaction.[3]
- Learning Mode: can be programmed with a sequence of movements.
- Responsive Mode: make her responds to walking commands, and also you can interact with her as she reacts to your sounds, or watch her perform comedy scenes with you or another robot.
- Attentive Mode: you can activate actions such as autonomous wandering, blowing kisses, poses, holding hands, dancing, belching, and she will even engage you in "conversation"!
Specifications
Dimensions:[5]
- Length: 4" (10.2 cm)
- Height: 15" (38.1 cm)
- Width: 8" (20.3 cm)
- Weight: 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg)
- 5 x motors (with joint position sensors)
- 4 x position switches in each joystick hand access up to 56 functions
- 1 x IR receiver
- 2 x IR transmitters
- 1 x microphone to detect words, music and sharp noises
- 1 x speaker with nearly 90 seconds of sound
- 2 x tilt sensors for forwards and backwards fall detection
- Requires 6 "AA" alkaline batteries
References
- 1 2 3 Peter Redmer (2008-01-16). "Hands On with the WowWee FemiSapien at CES 2008". RoboCommunity. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ RoboCommunity Team (2008-01-14). "WowWee Robots 2008 - Release Dates and Pricing Guide". RoboCommunity. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "Femisapien". RoboCommunity. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ RoboCommunity Team (2008-06-22). "'Lovable' robot". CNN.com. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "RobotShop | Robot Store | Robots | Robot Parts | Robot Kits | Robot Toys".
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