Toy cars have definitely improved in the right direction over the past few years, and what you get today right out of the box is a whole lot different from what was offered back in the past, where there were only four movable wheels, and if you were lucky, doors that could open up – manually, of course. Anki Drive’s redesigned toy racing cars will feature different software driven personalities instead, and these will even arise whenever you are racing against the rest of such self-driving machines.
Touted to be “the same as a Google car, but without a $70,000 laser scanner on the roof,” such cars have certainly impressed ever since they were released as a $150 starter kit, ending up as Amazon.com’s second-best selling toy last Christmas along the way before being sold out. It looked as though the Anki toy cars managed to find its way across 30 different countries, and collectively, we have seen them rack up 800,000 miles along the way. Anki Overdrive, which is due next fall, will boast of major updates to the original product – without altering the original $150 entry price point, of course.
We can only look forward to see what other updates and improvements can be made in due time, full of anticipation, of course.
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