RoboSapien at KLCC Isetan
Sunday, March 27th, 2005 at 1:10 am in Gadgets
Robosapien is the first robot based on the science of applied biomorphic robotics.
Designed by a scientist, Robosapien is ready to go right out of the box (just install his batteries). He comes to life at a touch of the ergonomically designed remote controller! Command him to perform one of his pre-programmed functions or program your own sequence of functions.
The only limitation is your own imagination.
About Robosapien:
Robosapien is packed with an awesome number of features made possible by advanced technologies:
1) Fluid motions and gestures: fast dynamic 2-speed walking and turning; full-function arms with two types of grippers.
2) 67 pre-programmed functions: pick-up, throw, kick, dance, kung-fu, fart, belch, rap and more; 3 demonstration modes.
3) Fully programmable by remote control: Up to 84 program steps with 4 program modes for advanced operations; programmable “reflexes� to sound and touch stimuli.
4) Fluent international “caveman� speech.
5) Extended battery life.
I saw this robot in KLCC Isetan today and the price of RoboSapien is RM399!! Quite expensive if you ask me but actually there is alot you can do with it. It is mainly for entertainment, but it is programmable using the remote, so you can program it to do things …there is actually people who hack their RoboSapiens and interfacing it to their PC or Palms, and use that as the brain of the robot.
Mark, the designer of Robosapien, is a robotics physicist who has worked for NASA, DARPA and JPL through Los Alamos National Laboratory. He developed the basics for biomorphic robotics in 1988; Robosapien is the first commercially available robot based upon this principle. Below is a video of him explaining how RoboSapien works.
Click Video Explains How RoboSapien Works
Below are videos that hackers mods RoboSapien to do things beyond its capability:
ROBOSAPIEN V2 IN ACTION (6 MB)
Robosapiens versus Santa (0.8 MB)
Robosapien versus Pepsi (1.7 MB)
Robosapiens playing “RS-Basketball” (0.6 MB)
Robosapien opens door (1.2 MB)
Robosapien opens door (1.2 MB)
Misterhouse talking Robosapien (5.0 MB)
Robosapien visiting the toilet (0.4 MB)
Autonomous walking (1.9 MB)
March 27th, 2005 at 3:20 am
I want ASIMO!!!!
March 27th, 2005 at 3:22 am
I been waiting for this to turn up in Malaysia! I read about it in T3 and Stuffs in UK! RM399 dam worth it !!! you got one ledi kahsoon ? shiok anot ? tomlo i wanna go isetan see!!!!
March 27th, 2005 at 3:31 am
hahah kljs…how much is ASIMO?
March 27th, 2005 at 3:35 am
yeah wingz you can get it at the toy department in KLCC isetan, it comes in different color…i think black one looks cool although i think that the way they walk abit clumsy. anyway when u buy oledi then tell me la, i wanna see leh…if i bought one then i will mod it to give me back massage or do breakdance lol
March 27th, 2005 at 3:39 am
Eh kah soon, i watch the Video ledi … the robot walk like retarded like that one leh …. then limited movements also. Knot bend knot pick up large object also …. if i buy also dunno for wat knn …. innitially i thot the size should be bigger one geh …. hmm ….. think think sin hehe
March 27th, 2005 at 3:47 am
their actual size is quite big…just that the video look small oni haha…but the movement really….look like a baboon walking lol
March 27th, 2005 at 3:54 am
yar, turning also very very slow, not smooth at all. Not very ideal leh this toy. But then again if compare to aibo. itsconsider cheap la lol …. hmm to buy or not to buy ??? ….. u going to Isetan tomlo ?
March 27th, 2005 at 4:14 am
haha yeah the movement really suck…but until now i dont see any robot movement is fast and smooth wan…i think i see b4 the robot made by mitsubishi that wan is quite fast….cos it move by wheels lol. yeah tml im going back to isetan again cos i bought movie tickets for tml….watching miss congeniality lor…what to do, my gf scare watching the eye 10! dam i wan watch that show la…sure dam scary la…haha maybe i will go visit the robot tml….actually there is a button for you to test. press the button and the robot will dance =)
March 27th, 2005 at 8:15 am
These are annoying little buggers. Make me want to kick them everytime I see one walking around one of those Gadget Shops.
March 27th, 2005 at 10:52 am
don’t think Asimo is for sale anywayz….hehehehhehehe…