Robosapiens Mark Green School of Creative Media City University of Hong Kong

Introduction  The first cheap somewhat programmable robot  The Sony Aibo is more flexible, but it is much more expensive  Price of Robosapiens is about 10% of Aibo and is easier to work with  A number of people have made modification so their Robosapien

Mods  The Robosapien is easy to modify: Easy to open the case, designed to be opened and modified Easy to open the case, designed to be opened and modified Wires and connectors are well labeled, know what to connect to Wires and connectors are well labeled, know what to connect to Some documentation from the company, explains how things work Some documentation from the company, explains how things work  People have a head start in making modification and additions

Internals

Internals

Internals

Headlights

Talking Robosapien

Listening

Art Work  The Robosapien has been the subject of a number of art works  Mainly very bad videos done by new owners  But it does have the potential to add something special to an art work  Makes an interesting subject for an animation or video

Art Work movies/robozilla.swfmovies/robozilla.swf

Version Two

RoboRaptor

RoboPet

The Movie