Mr. Personality: WoWee humorous personal robot

[CES 2008] I don’t like the form factor of this fun companion-robot and I don’t know yet if it has a real sense of humor, but this latest creation from WoWee is interesting. Mr. Personality displays his personality on a LCD screen with animated and synchronized facial features. In addition he can tell jokes, reads the daily fortune and answers questions about the users’ future. New personalities can be downloaded from the Internet and transferred via USB or using a SD card. I am dying to see if this gadget is as humorous as the spec sheet claims it is!

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• Fully animated upper body
• Color LCD screen, displays face with synchronized expressions
• Various play modes including Bits, Crystal Ball, Fortune Cookies, Demo modes
• Can detect and avoid obstacles, tells when it falls and when the batteries are running low
• Three-wheeled omni-directional motion base
• 7 motors
• 4 IR sensors
• Built-in microphone for voice memos
• 64 MByte of built-in memory
• Audio input connector
• LED battery indicator
• SD memory card slot
• Requires 6 “C” size batteries
• Remote controller requires 3 AAA size batteries

Hubert Nguyen
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