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WowWee Rovio
$99.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

Product List:
- 1 WowWee Rovio WiFi Video and Audio Streaming Robot

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Isn't that WallE's girlfriend?

http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/tech/telepresence/rovio/rovio
the product website

Looks cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orhd_BRM0lg

3 stars on Average at Buzzillions.
http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/wowwee-rovio-wi-fi-robotic-webcam-reviews

There's only one thing to say about today's woot lineup: wowee!

Roostalee wrote:Isn't that WallE's girlfriend?

Nope, shes a white robot. But can i use this to defuse bombs?

this is a screaming deal. if you need a spy robot

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/c7b4/

what's the maximum distance you can be from the robot and still receive wifi? Will it work through brick walls?

How complicated is it to operate? Is this something that the beginner remote control robot owner will have an easy time using?

Can this be modified to become a DJ roomba?

Yea, but can it fetch my newspaper?

WowWee, Mac???

this would be great if you had kids or a dog that needed supervision or just wanted to keep someone out of the cake until you got home.!

can i control this from my work computer when its at home??

Well I was going to say.. WOW only 13 posts and its on all day!??!



.. then I realized it was actually 13 posts in 6 minutes as its 12:06.. (cst, as is woot)...

Not the first time Hackaday has mentioned Woot.com.

Since you can use this via browser wherever you are, doesn't that mean that the robot also needs wifi? So that means that you can't roll that badass out the front door to walk the dog, or to spy on your neighbors?

Then what good is that?

This device and the ability it gives you with the deals.woot software is really some incredibly neat stuff. But WTFGDSMF are you really going to do with this except impress a bunch of other geeks that think like we do?? I need some praticality to sell that to the wife? HELP!!!! I want one, but dang!

This would be perfect for keeping an eye on the house while on vacation, or even just at work.

These things are awesome! Had a chance to do a home preview on these things through the WowWee website. Wowwee offered 15 minuet windows to test out these cool web based radio-controlled web-cams on wheels, in a typical house setting.
With these, you can check on and remotely interact with house pets, all from a free internet web page. You control lights, camera angle (adjustable head), and of course the full movement of the robot.
These were introduced for $299 when they first came out. At $99 bucks, this is a great price that only Woot could offer! This is an awesome deal.

I assume hackaday will be posting their review after the rest of this hemisphere wakes up, as there's nothing on there yet about this robot. I'll keep looking...

Edit: Ah, there it is.

I really like it. But thinking what i like to do with it. ok woot you got me again in for One.

yeawuteva wrote:what's the maximum distance you can be from the robot and still receive wifi? Will it work through brick walls?

That would depend a lot on your access point, but a good rule of thumb is to figure it will work wherever you can get a WiFi signal with your laptop. Yes, it will work through brick walls, but like all walls, they will probably reduce the signal strength/range.

gwbaker wrote:This device and the ability it gives you with the deals.woot software is really some incredibly neat stuff. But WTFGDSMF are you really going to do with this except impress a bunch of other geeks that think like we do?? I need some praticality to sell that to the wife? HELP!!!! I want one, but dang!

Get 2 and sell one for a profit ;-p

This is an awesome deal. Cheapest anywhere else is $160. I wish I had a spare hundred to blow. This would be my new watchdog!

no where in the description does it say how much this weighs, and I demand to know and I demand to know now!

In for two... can you say wifi battlebots? ... hrm, maybe I should have gone for 3...

beaniebobo wrote:WowWee, Mac???

I saw on an Amazon review that "Audio functionality does not work with Macs, see owners manual"

http://www.amazon.com/WowWee-Rovio-Enabled-Robotic-WebCam/product-reviews/B001CQLGD6/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

This is like the coolest woot I've ever seen wow lol, I don't really have 105 bucks to drop on it but this thing looks amazing.

Well gristle woot, I had no intention of dropping $100 tonight but you did it again. Uno mas, por favor...

yeawuteva wrote:no where in the description does it say how much this weighs, and I demand to know and I demand to know now!

Amazon says shipping weight is 6.5 lbs.

http://www.amazon.com/WowWee-Rovio-Enabled-Robotic-WebCam/dp/B001CQLGD6

Can this be remotely driven onto the charging base? Or does it have to be manually placed on the base? I want to make sure it will charge between connections, so that it will work while I'm away from the summer home for many months without the battery dying.

I wonder if I dress this up in a little green dog suit if it'll help me take over the world... unless, of course, it dumps it's fuel to make room for cupcakes or endlessly makes waffles.

carrieob wrote:Amazon says shipping weight is 6.5 lbs.

http://www.amazon.com/WowWee-Rovio-Enabled-Robotic-WebCam/dp/B001CQLGD6

thank you Carrieob!

amazon.com reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du30ThnVcqY this guy has a video of one having charger docking problems. He claims many others have this problem too because of a faulty spring.

Will it switch from AP to AP as it travels around, or is it tied to one single wi-fi Access Point?