Stu Robarts WowWee shows off gesture-controlled dinosaurs and clever cars

WowWee showed off its upcoming Rev and MiPosaur toys at the 2015 Toy Fair in London (Photo: Stu Robarts/Gizmag)

Hi-tech toy firm WowWee showcased a couple of its upcoming offerings at the London Toy Fair last week. Its REV cars allow users to battle each other in either single- or multi-player modes. The MiPosaur, meanwhile, is a robotic dinosaur that responds to gestures.

Some of WowWee's previous devices have included the Spyball Wi-Fi robotic *** that can be remotely controlled from a computer, and the MiP self-balancing robot that can be controlled via an app or with gestures. As the name suggests, the MiPosaur uses the same underlying technology as the MiP robot.

Where WowWee is concerned, "MiP" stands for "mobile inverted pendulum." This is what the two-wheeled MiP robot and MiPosaur use to balance. In addition, the MiPosaur is said to have an "evolving intelligence and personality" and sensors that can detect user gestures.

Amongst the gestures to which this ferocious toy reacts are swiping a hand in front of its face to make it turn to the side, swiping around its head to make it spin on the spot, and covering its eyes to make it act frightened. It also reacts angrily to its tail being pulled. You can see these actions demoed in the video below.

The MiPosaur comes with a track-ball equipped with WowWee's BeaconSense technology (which the company refers to as "a proprietary indoor GPS system"), with which it can detect its surroundings and navigate accordingly. The track-ball can be used as a means of controlling the MiPosaur and for playing games with it. It's also possible to control the robot via a mobile app that is available on both iOS and Android.

Like the MiPosaur, the REVs, or "robotic enhanced vehicles" make use of BeaconSense. In addition to being able to detect and navigate around their surroundings, they can also detect each other.

The REVs come in pairs and are used to battle against each other by inflicting damage with impacts or with virtual weapons fired from the cars. They can be used with friends, and an unlimited number of players can join in if they have one of the cars. Alternatively, a single user can control one REV with any number of others set into autonomous mode for a man versus machine showdown.

Games that can be played with the REVs include Chase and Evade, Team Battle and Capture the Flag. The cars come with a stunt ramp and are controlled via a mobile app that is available on iOS or Android.

The MiPosaur will cost US$119.99 and the REV starter kit will cost $99.99. Both are expected to become available in the third quarter of this year.

The video below provides an introduction to the REVs.

Source: WowWee

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WowWee公司展示了其即將推出的轉(zhuǎn)速和miposaur玩具在玩具博覽會(huì)在倫敦（照片：斯圖羅伯茨/ Gizmag）

高科技玩具公司W(wǎng)owWee上周在倫敦玩具展上展示了它即將推出的兩款產(chǎn)品。它的Rev汽車允許用戶在單人或多人模式下彼此戰(zhàn)斗。同時(shí)，MiSaaulu是一種響應(yīng)手勢(shì)的機(jī)器人恐龍。

WowWee公司的一些以前的設(shè)備包括spyball Wi-Fi機(jī)器人攝像頭，可以由計(jì)算機(jī)進(jìn)行遠(yuǎn)程控制，和MIP的自平衡機(jī)器人，可以控制我通過(guò)一個(gè)應(yīng)用程序或手勢(shì)。顧名思義，這miposaur使用相同的底層技術(shù)為MIP機(jī)器人。

哪里WowWee公司而言，“法”指的是“移動(dòng)式倒立擺的。”這是兩輪MIP機(jī)器人和miposaur使用平衡。此外，該miposaur是說(shuō)有一個(gè)“發(fā)展智力和人格”和傳感器，可以檢測(cè)用戶的手勢(shì)。

在這兇猛的玩具反應(yīng)刷手在面前讓它轉(zhuǎn)向一邊的手勢(shì)，繞著它的頭讓它刷自旋在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，和覆蓋它的眼睛使它的行為嚇壞了。它也會(huì)對(duì)它的尾部做出反應(yīng)。你可以看到這些行動(dòng)展示在下面的視頻中。

的miposaur帶有一個(gè)軌跡球配備WowWee公司的beaconsense技術(shù)（該公司稱為“一個(gè)專有的室內(nèi)GPS系統(tǒng)”），它可以檢測(cè)出其相應(yīng)的環(huán)境和導(dǎo)航。軌跡球可以作為控制miposaur手段和它玩游戲。通過(guò)一個(gè)移動(dòng)應(yīng)用程序，在iOS和Android是可控制的機(jī)器人也有可能。

像miposaur，轉(zhuǎn)速，或“機(jī)器人提高車輛利用beaconsense。除了能夠檢測(cè)周圍環(huán)境導(dǎo)航，他們也可以互相發(fā)現(xiàn)。

轉(zhuǎn)速來(lái)對(duì)，用于打擊對(duì)方造成傷害與影響或虛擬武器發(fā)射車。他們可以和朋友一起使用，如果他們有一輛車，他們可以加入一個(gè)無(wú)限數(shù)量的球員。另外，一個(gè)用戶可以控制轉(zhuǎn)速與任何數(shù)量的其他設(shè)置為人與機(jī)器對(duì)決的自治模式。

游戲可玩轉(zhuǎn)速包括追逐與逃避，組隊(duì)?wèi)?zhàn)和奪旗。汽車來(lái)了一個(gè)特技坡道，通過(guò)一個(gè)移動(dòng)應(yīng)用程序，在iOS或Android是可控制的。

的miposaur將耗資119.99美元，啟入門(mén)套件將花費(fèi)99.99美元。預(yù)計(jì)將在今年第三季度變得可用。