Using the infrared controller, U-Command Wall-E comes to life with animated movements, voice, sound, and light effects as you maneuver him forward, turn in reverse–or have him dance. Program options enable over 1,000 action combos.

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Meet RS Femisapien, the latest in the line of sophisticated, walking, talking, personality packed robots from WowWee. Intelligent and interactive, RS Femisapien speaks her own language called emotish which consists of gentle sounds and gestures. There is no remote required; interact with her directly and she responds to your hand gestures, touch, and sound.

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The KT-X bipedal robot is the latest robot to emerge from the creative labs of KumoTek Robotics and Vstone Corporation.
This robot is capable walking, running, somersaulting and standing up from a face-up or face-down lying position. It can even be programmed to pull itself up autonomously after it has fallen over.

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With a realistic body and a helicopter mount R/C Flying Cockroach from Taiyo is an infrared-controlled gokiburi made for indoor flying!

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This easy-to-control, hyper-functional droid walks, talks, and responds to your command. Resourceful and adventurous, R2 is ready, willing, and able to serve. He: navigates, patrols, and finds you on his own; guards and protects your room with his sentry room alarm; plays multiple interactive games; remembers and reacts to key Star Wars characters; and more.

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Rovio is a WiFi enabled robotic webcam that easily moves in any direction and can be controlled remotely.
You can View and interact with Rovio’s environment through its streaming video and audio via its built-in camera. Use Rovio to check in on your family while away from home, watch over your house while away on vacation, or look over your pets during your lunchtime
Direct Rovio’s movements, neck-mounted camera, and audio from your own living room – or anywhere in the world – via the Internet, using any web accessible device such as a mobile phone, video game console or PC. What Rovio see’s and hears so do you.

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From HPI, G-Robots is programed through a computer and also controlled by a remote controller. It features various of movements, commands, and style.

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Futuristic and fun, this kit leads you through the assembly of a fully functioning animatronic head which can turn left and right.
An ideal science fair or after school club project, the kit teaches about animatronics, human-robot interactions, and practice robot assembly and programming skills.

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The Cybug Solarfly acts like a living organism, and is a unique, educational kit that combines electronic hobby-building and robotics in a project that literally comes to life in your living room.
The Cybug Solarfly is a solar-powered robot that uses just a few simple rules to create complex, life-like behavior. Building it is as simple as the ‘bot itself; it requires basic hand tools, a soldering iron, and 2 hours to complete.

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BAE Systems will lead a team of scientists that will develop miniature robots to improve military situational awareness. The company signed a $38 million agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to lead an alliance of researchers and scientists from the Army, academia and industry.

The Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance will research and develop advanced robotic equipment for use in urban environments and complex terrain, such as mountains and caves. The alliance will create an autonomous, multifunctional collection of miniature intelligence-gathering robots that can operate in places too inaccessible or dangerous for humans.

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