Roboraptor, Aibo's Ancestor?

By budda on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

Sony may have the cute home robot market sewn up at the top end with Aibo, but what do the "normal" people have to run around their home? Well how about the Roboraptor pet robot?

Mark Tilden the former NASA scientist behind Robosapien, created Roboraptor - the programmable robotic dinosaur.

Roboraptor is fully controllable and programmable by radio control but also fully autonomous in free-roam mode.

The 32" beast can see, hear and feel the environment around him. He has multiple touch sensors in his head and tail, while sonic sensors detect sound and direction. He even has three distinct moods: hunter, cautious and playful. Go near his face when he's hunting and he'll behave aggressively; touch him when he's playful and he'll nuzzle your hand. Awww.

Possibly the most impressive thing about Roboraptor is the way he walks in an incredibly lifelike predatory manner. For a sub-£100 robot it's really something quite impressive!

After winning lots of awards over-seas you can now bag your very own little dinosaur pet in the UK from Firebox.com for £79.95