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Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-10-17T22:35:15+01:00

Where is this product being sold in the usa?
Has anyone actually purchased one?

humanoido

Statistics: Posted by Humanoido — Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:35 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-10-15T13:04:16+01:00

mic2 wrote:
This cool little guy is finally available, the price range is between $299-325 + P&P. But the first version doesn’t come with a build in Camera & Wi-fi, I personally will wait for the one with build in Cam, does anyone know when will become available?

There is no schedule at the moment.

I'm sure that a lot depends on how sales and market acceptance of the initial version goes. The design and technology for the follow-on design are proven and working, though it could be changed based on what they learn from users of the first one. The release could be for Christmas 2008, or it could be later.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:04 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-10-15T12:14:40+01:00

This cool little guy is finally available, the price range is between $299-325 + P&P. But the first version doesn’t come with a build in Camera & Wi-fi, I personally will wait for the one with build in Cam, does anyone know when will become available?

Statistics: Posted by mic2 — Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:14 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-09-21T23:31:47+01:00

evaderdjo wrote:
The I-Sobot website has been updated. The site apears to have a Japanese side, and an English side. Only the Japanese side works at the moment.

Babelfish can't translate everything. I believe there is some information on the servo specs, but I can't read it. Anyone read Japanese?

www.isobotrobot.com

The rest of the Japanese side will go live soon (the Japan release is October 25th) and the English side will go live in a few days (some product has already been delivered to channels in the US). It will be one of the few times, perhaps the first, when the US gets their product before anyone in Japan.

As far as the information on the Japanese site - it's the same as the specs that have been published in Japanese and English before - nothing new, and no additional detail on the servo internals.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:31 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-09-21T23:25:16+01:00

The I-Sobot website has been updated. The site apears to have a Japanese side, and an English side. Only the Japanese side works at the moment.

Babelfish can't translate everything. I believe there is some information on the servo specs, but I can't read it. Anyone read Japanese?

www.isobotrobot.com

Statistics: Posted by evaderdjo — Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:25 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-07-08T15:12:07+01:00

srobot wrote:
Is it next month that i-SOBOT will be in the USA?

October

What kind of stores will i-SOBOT be in? The "Toys 'R' Us" type? Online?

No one knows yet - it's too early to tell.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:12 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-07-08T15:11:14+01:00

Check this out:

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The best part is at about 1:00 minute.

--Scotty

Statistics: Posted by srobot — Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:11 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-07-08T14:53:25+01:00

Is it next month that i-SOBOT will be in the USA?

What kind of stores will i-SOBOT be in? The "Toys 'R' Us" type? Online?

--Scotty

Statistics: Posted by srobot — Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:53 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-07-02T14:50:19+01:00

limor wrote:
Toyo and Sanyo have decided to co-market their products i-Sobot and Eneloop - a new battery deemed to be similar but better than NiMh.

http://www.sanyo.co.jp/eneloop/i-sobot/index.html

Takara/Tomy in Japan and "Tomy" in the rest of the world since the merger in 2006.

The Eneloop batteries are really sweet. The i-SOBOT runs for well over an hour of really heavy use on a set of fully charged Eneloops. And, they seem to continue to deliver full power right up to the end rather than slowly tapering off like some other batteries. With standard AAA Alkalines it's around 30-40 minutes of heavy use, and longer with 'normal' use.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:50 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-07-02T13:38:48+01:00

Toyo and Sanyo have decided to co-market their products i-Sobot and Eneloop - a new battery deemed to be similar but better than NiMh.

http://www.sanyo.co.jp/eneloop/i-sobot/index.html

Statistics: Posted by limor — Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:38 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-05-02T18:26:59+01:00

limor wrote:
tempusmaster wrote:
Orac wrote:video comes up as a private video when I try to click or double click it.

Limor seems to have jumped the gun!

sorry about that. I didn't realize it wasn't public yet.

Okay - the magazine has put the photos and article online, so the video is public now as well.

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And the photos are here: http://www.botmag.com/articles/05-02-07_takara-tomi.shtml

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Wed May 02, 2007 6:26 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-04-09T21:39:24+01:00

tempusmaster wrote:
Orac wrote:video comes up as a private video when I try to click or double click it.

Limor seems to have jumped the gun!

sorry about that. I didn't realize it wasn't public yet.

Statistics: Posted by limor — Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:39 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-04-07T16:52:49+01:00

heres some more vids and pics of this interesting little chap:

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/tak ... _robot.php

Statistics: Posted by robbybot — Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:52 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-04-07T13:20:34+01:00

Orac wrote:
video comes up as a private video when I try to click or double click it.

Limor seems to have jumped the gun!

The video, photos, a status update including release schedules, and other information will go public soon - most likely within the next 48 hours. I'm just waiting on confirmation of a few items.

Statistics: Posted by tempusmaster — Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:20 pm

Another toy maker to launch $250 humanoid with 17DOF

2007-04-07T00:14:44+01:00

video comes up as a private video when I try to click or double click it.

Statistics: Posted by Orac — Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:14 am