CES Video: Watch WowWee's New Robots in Action

Hong Kong-based WowWee is best known for its Robosapien and Roboraptor robot toys, but the company has announced a range of fun new products here at CES 2007, and I stopped by their booth to check them out.

As you'll see in the video, the new FlyTech Dragonfly is seriously fun (and will definitely improve your ducking reflexes!). Akin to a remote control plane, the Dragonfly has a dual-wing design, crash-resistant structure and beginner and expert level settings. It'll be available in March exclusively through Radio Shack for $40.

Other new products in the video that WowWee plans to soon have in stores:

Alive Elvis: A fully-licensed, $349 animatronic Elvis bust that "sings" his classic songs, can be controlled by a remote control and expanded through $30 add-on cartridges.

Roboquad: A flashy $119 remote-controlled four-legged robot with multidirectional movement, infrared motion and obstacle scanner and sound sensor.

Robopanda: The playful $229 Robopanda doesn't include a remote control: users interact by voice and touch. Panda can read stories, sing songs, play games and detect obstacles to sit, crawl, walk on all fours, roll over and give bear hugs. Too cute!

RS Media: Though announced at last year's CES, $299 RS Media is finally almost ready to ship. It takes all the features of Robosapien V2 and adds a color LCD screen, hand-mounted tweeters, back-mounted woofer, USB PC connection, behavior editing software, MP3 audio/MP4 video playback, built-in photo/video camera, data storage and four robot personalities.

Roboboa: This $119 programmable robot snake swivels, spins and slithers plus functions as a desk light or wake-up alarm.

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Comments

"As you'll see in the video, the new FlyTech Dragonfly is seriously fun...." Where's the video?

dragin

January 24, 2007

3:10 PM PT