Robot Living

Do you like old fashioned tin or plastic robots and toys as much as we do?

Well head on over to Smith House Toys as they have a huge auction going on now from the Alan Rosen collection.  You can bid buy phone or email, but be prepared to crack open your wallets as some of this stuff is expensive.

Rosen’s reputation for paying top-dollar helped him build one of the greatest robot and space toy collections over the past
seven years.

It seems Alan Rosen’s nickname is  Mr Mint, so we assume these robots are in top notch condition.  Shown here is lot # 54, the Mechanical Mighty Robot With Sparking.  The starting bid for him is $750, but some items start under $100 for you cheapskates.  Also in the auction are more robots, space guns, ray guns, a flying saucer bank, Sputnik bank and lots of other amazing items.

The auction ends October 30.

Link

Tags: auction, robots, Toys

This cute little guy was handmade.  Using a modified Thingamakit from Bleep Labs for the electronics and sounds, instructable user jeff-0 also uses his own custom etched pcb board to stuff inside this cute robot.

If you feel up to making one, check out the Instructable.

Link via (Bot Junkie)

As if to answer the call from other robot companies, WowWee has rolled out two new robots, the Roborover and the Joebot.

The Roborover is currently available at Amazon for $69.99. He sports tank like treads for rough terrain, a working headlight for dark areas and comes with two built in games called Tomb and Swamp.

Interestingly we couldn’t find Joebot available at Amazon or the other stores recommended by WowWee, but should retail for $99.99.  Joebot can be controlled via joystick or voice commands.  Joebot also comes with two modes called Battle Mode and Guard Mode and can also play Simon with you.

Link to Roverbot

Link to Joebot

via (Engadget)

Tags: wowwee

Robinica has unveiled the Roboni-i.  A robotic toy you program.  You can then compete against other players or in the real world or online in virtual worlds  by connecting the robot to your computer.

Roboni-i has 16 sensors and 4 microprocessors.

The robot should be available on 9/28 for $250.

We see it is available at Hammacher Schlemmer for $299.

Click through for a video demo.

Link via (IEEE Spectrum)
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Using 15 servos and standing only 23cm, we give you the Robovie Nano from Vstone.

Available sometime in September for around $510.  It also comes with several optional parts, including grippers in place of hands.

Click through for a video of tiny robot somersaulting awesomeness.

Link via (Botropolis)

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