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Toy Robots
Robotic toys, such as Furby, have been popular since 1998. There are also small humanoid
remote-controlled robots as well as electronic pets, such as robotic dogs. These robots combine
sensors, computation and motors to interact intelligently with their environment.
• Lego and Furby were educational robots introduced in
1998. Furby was inexpensive, stand-alone and
interactive toy. It had multiple sensory movements
(light, touch, sound, etc.) More than 12 million Furbys
were sold in one year.
• Aibo was Sony’s robotic dog. It was introduced in 1999
in the US and Japan.
Humanoid
A humanoid robot is a robot with its body built to resemble the human body. In general,
humanoid robots have a torso, a head, two arms, and two legs. Some forms of humanoid
robots may model only part of the body, for example, from the waist up. Some humanoid
robots also have heads designed to replicate human facial features such as eyes and mouth.
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