RoboScout™ is the cleverest, most helpful home robot you've ever seen! You'll be amazed how much fun it is to have a real robot in your family — a real helpful robot that pitches in and makes itself a productive member of the household. I've always been a big fan of robots and have owned quite a few over the years. They are delightful novelties, but their practicality never crossed my mind. RoboScout™ is different!

See all, hear all! RoboScout has large, dynamic eyes that truly "see" through a hidden-eye surveillance camera. Its 2.4 GHz transmitter sends clear images — even in near darkness — to a 3- x 4-inch screen on a wireless remote-control center. Plus, hidden, built-in microphones pick up sounds and transmit what RoboScout "hears" — so you can listen to what's going on and have conversations back and forth, too.
What's more, RoboScout's "active" infrared sensors detect obstacles in its way, triggering amusing ("Whoops!") — and appropriate ("Comin' through!") — phrases from its extensive vocabulary. If RoboScout collides with an object, it might exclaim, "Where did that come from?"

Goes everywhere! RoboScout's wireless, 900-MHz remote, with intuitive ergonomic controls, manages all functions — guiding RoboScout forward, back, right, left, spinning round. Move the robot's eyes (and camera) to either side; tilt its body up or down. Drive RoboScout everywhere — across floors, onto rugs, over thresholds — making a sensational entrance to a party or kids' play session.

Speaks its mind! RoboScout has a large conversational vocabulary — greetings ("Hello, hello, hello!"); exclamations ("Watch out!"), ditties ("I'm a little robot, da, da, da"), commands ("Take me to your leader!"), protests ("I can't hold that much!"), questions ("Where did that come from?") — you name it. Whenever RoboScout speaks, its mouth moves and LED lights blink in sync with the sounds.
RoboScout's spoken responses are programmed logically to seem intelligent and responsive to events and stimuli. If RoboScout falls, it might say,"Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" If it strikes an obstacle, it might say, "That hurt!" If picked up, it might protest, "Put me down!" If in "Sentry" mode and its infrared sensors detect movement, RoboScout will turn and demand, "Halt! Who goes there?"

Speaks for you, too! RoboScout also speaks with transmitted voices — saying whatever is spoken into the remote control's built-in microphone. Select one of two electronic voices (high or low pitch) or your natural voice. Imagine RoboScout leading an out-of-this-world rendition of "Happy Birthday" at your kid's party. Or having RoboScout navigate into the playroom to inform your kids that "It's time for dinner!" Or inviting RoboScout to a cocktail party to help greet guests, serve drinks and add to the general revelry!

So many uses! Special modes and features give it unparalleled versatility: In "SENTRY" mode, RoboScout's passive infrared sensors detect motion and trigger a series of voice alerts. Switch to "MONITOR" to keep an eye on a sleeping infant or young child at play. Press "ARM LOCK" and RoboScout can carry up to two lbs. of drinks and snacks on two trays held in its hands. Press "GREET" and RoboScout will welcome all guests who come in range. Press "Message" to record a 15-second memo.

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