Roboquad is an inquisitive robot with unique movements and an advanced sensor array. Change his Awareness, Activity or Aggression levels to completely alter his personality and behaviors .
Interact with his long range, IR scanner and sound sensor, control him with the full function remote and watch him react in extraordinary ways.
In addition, many of the Roboquad's decisions are based on its three controllable personality settings, one each for awareness, activity, and aggression. A more aggressive Roboquad will react quicker to approaching objects than a mellower Roboquad, for example.
The robotic arthropod offers more than just movement, however, with multicolored flashing lights and techno sound effects. The Roboquad also boasts four usage modes: Direct Control, Autonomous, Guard, and Sleep. Direct Control mode invites you to control the robot's direction, style of walking (such as crab walk, stomp walk, or rotation walking), and head movements, while in Autonomous mode, the robot interacts with his environment as he moves through it. Guard and Sleep modes, meanwhile, are designed for downtime. In the former, the Roboquad visually scans the environment and stays alert for noises, then scares off intruders with a series of crazy sound effects. In the latter, the robot automatically falls asleep after five minutes of inactivity and then powers down after 24 hours.
The robot owes its imaginative movements to its agile rotating legs and articulated neck, all of which respond to the machine's advanced artificial intelligence. And watch out when the Roboquad feels like getting down, as the machine includes a built-in dance demo along with a more
traditional movement demo. Other details include 72 preprogrammed functions, up to 40 programmable moves, a built-in light sensor that reacts differently based on the ambient light, and a four-layer, full-function remote control. The Roboquad, which is designed for children ages eight and older, requires 4 x C alkaline batteries and three AAA batteries (not included) and measures 8.5 by 9 by 12.5 inches (W x H x D), Weight: 2lbs.
Roboquad behaviors
The ROBOQUAD is designed with advanced sensory awareness, helping it to react quickly to the surrounding environment and pursue a moving object in any direction, including forward, backward, and sideways. When an object passes, the robot’s head turning around while sweeping the room with a focused infrared beam, it makes rapid decisions about how to react to its environment. After identifying the object ROBOQUAD heads out at one of three speeds, navigating through doorways and detecting table edges in the process.
Work Steps
The robot offers five
scanning sequences:
- a Smart Scan, which examines the surroundings and then reacts if anything changes; (sensitively infrared detector can see objects as far as 13 meters while also identifying the size and spatial detail)
- Scan Left and Scan Right, where the robot turns and faces any object within a 3-foot range;
- Approach Nearest Object, during which the robot looks left and right while ramping up the scanning range, and then moves toward the closest object found;
- Escape Walk, where the robot selects the largest open space and moves toward it;
- and Flinch Response, which helps the robot respond to quickly approaching objects.
What's in the Box
Roboquad, remote control, user's manual.Awards:
Roboquad™ is the
winner of the following awards:
- The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio: Gold Seal Award
- iParenting Media Award: 2007 Outstanding Product
