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Roboraptor Rules the Roost

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Guided by the design brilliance of game controller, controls body the target.

Mark W. Tilden, Wow Wee Robotics movements, personality modes, Is Roboraptor as hackable created the best-selling robot and dino moods. Forget the as Robosapien? I asked Mark of all time, Robosapien. Dubbed Prozac: mood swings are encour- Tilden, and discovered that you the only robot fluent in “cave- aged with Roboraptor. Hunting, can saddle up Roboraptor with a man talk,” Robosapien has now playful, and cautious moods are Barbie or a G.I. Joe, add a micro- “evolved” into the dinosaur-like simple two-button commands. controller for responding to the Roboraptor. Unlike Robosapien, Roboraptor dino’s impressive sensor array (a

Bristling with IR, touch, and has a special “laser” targeting higher brain function hack), and sound sensors, the 32-inch-long feature that can be accessed design a Ni-Cd wall charger for Roboraptor is fully equipped to with the remote controller. Just Roboraptor to stalk. Now get out interact with its environment. point the green “targeting assist there and make it.

A remote controller, fondly light” on any surface, like a wall, —Dave Prochnow reminiscent of a PlayStation 2 and Roboraptor will hunt down