The Animated Emotive Robotic Companion

This is the robotic companion that expresses his personality with animated facial features and audio while telling jokes or divining future events for his master. His full-color LCD face conveys laughter, distress, or surprise when telling jokes, encountering an obstacle to movement, hitting his head, or falling over. He can also be set to greet and wake you up. The companion moves 360° on his three-wheeled base, and his arms bend at the elbow and rotate at the shoulder; his rubber hands can hold small objects. He has touch and tilt sensors in addition to four infrared sensors that alert him when an obstacle is obstructing his movement, allowing him to adjust his course while you send him in any direction using the remote control. His built-in 64MB memory stores his 10 personality traits (an SD card slot provides additional memory expansion). A microphone built into his head allows you to save voice memos. Requires a PC running Windows XP, Vista, or Mac OSX. Ages 8 and up. Requires six C and three AAA batteries. 20" H x 13" W x 11" D. (6 lbs.)