- FemiSapien
FemiSapien is a new
female humanoid robot thatWowWee announced at CES in January 2008.cite news |title=Hands On with the WowWee FemiSapien at CES 2008 |publisher=RoboCommunity |url=http://www.robocommunity.com/article/12461/Hands-On-with-the-WowWee-FemiSapien-at-CES-2008/ |author=Peter Redmer |date=2008-01-16 |accessdate=2008-06-24] It can respond to sight, sound, and touch and can be programmed with a sequence of movements. At CES 2008 an estimated release date of late summer and $99 MSRP were given. [cite news |title=WowWee Robots 2008 - Release Dates and Pricing Guide |publisher=RoboCommunity |url=http://www.robocommunity.com/article/12508/WowWee-Robots-2008---Release-Dates-and-Pricing-Guide/ |author=RoboCommunity Team |date=2008-01-14 |accessdate=2008-06-24]Features
*Three modes of interaction. cite news |title=Femisapien |publisher=RoboCommunity |url=http://www.robocommunity.com/category/43/Femisapien |accessdate=2008-06-24] :#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, and she will even engage you in "conversation"!
*Ability to control other WowWee robots.
*Ability to respond/dance to music. [cite news |title='Lovable' robot |publisher=CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/06/22/rao.intv.sufer.femsapien.cnn |author=RoboCommunity Team |date=2008-06-22 |accessdate=2008-06-24]References
External links
* [http://www.robotsrule.com/html/femisapien-review.php Authoritative multi-page review with video of Femisapien]
* [http://www.robocommunity.com/category/43/Femisapien RoboCommunity FemiSapien page]
* [http://www.wowwee.com/ WowWee website]
* [http://www.robocommunity.com/blog/entry/13587/WowWee-Femisapien-Insider-Videos-Released/ WowWee videos on FemiSapien]
* [http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/06/22/rao.intv.sufer.femsapien.cnn CNN video on FemiSapien]
* [http://femisapien.org Femisapien community forum]
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