BOSSA NOVA ROBOTICS - TDmonthly Toy Fair Preview and Highlights Page

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Bossa Nova Robotics creates a new breed of dynamic personal robots. Based in the nation's robotics capital, Pittsburgh, PA, Bossa Nova is a spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.

Both Prime-8 and Penbo are built on Animotion Technology. Animotion is an innovative robotic bipedal platform that makes Bossa Nova robots agile and lively, allowing them to outmaneuver, outrun, and outsmart other Bots. The technology allows the robots to balance and walk by rotating arms or legs around the body. This gives Bossa Nova robots the ability to move on carpet and hard floor, and seamlessly transition from one surface to the other.

Our patent-pending robotic technology is licensed from Carnegie Mellon University. It is inspired from the results of a multi-million-dollar research program at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute. Bossa Nova re-engineered the technology to make it affordable and added robot-human interactivity to make the robots fun and engaging.

Bossa Nova robot interaction is powered by a battery of sensors that allows the robots to respond to users and the environment. Internal sensors orient the robots and allow them to walk and run while other sensors detect sound, obstacles, and touch, making the robots seem alive.

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Penbo penguin		About Penbo
Penbo is a lovable interactive penguin that sings, talks, dances and plays games with you and her surprise Bebe. She responds to touch and sound and communicates with her Bebe through infrared sensors. Penbo also plays five games with you and Bebe; the more you play, the happier she becomes! For more information visit the Penbo website at www.penbo.com. Watch Video Now [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Shop for Penbo penguin		Penbo is an autonomous robot designed to move like a penguin and interact with you and her Bebe through an array of sensors. She is aware of her surroundings, loves to dance, plays games and talks with Bebe in Penguish, her own language. Press Penbo’s heart to reveal a surprise egg with her Bebe inside; each color Bebe interacts differently with Penbo. For more information visit the Penbo website at www.penbo.com. [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Shop for About Penbo


Prime-8 Action Robot		About Prime-8
Prime-8 is a fast and agile gorilla robot that does everything from play laser tag to run with your kids down hallways. He explores his own surroundings or responds to remote control. He is silly, occasionally rude, and goes crazy when disturbed in his sleep! Prime-8’s intense interactivity is powered by a battery of sensors that allow him to respond to people and to his environment. Internal sensors measure his orientation constantly, and prompt him to right himself should he fall down. Outbound sight and sound sensors help Prime-8 maneuver around obstacles, respond to questions with grunts and growls, and express himself. Finally, motion detection sensors keep Prime-8 alert so that he can chase away intruders by firing rockets! For more information visit the Prime-8 website at www.prime8robot.com. Watch Video Now [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Shop for Prime-8 Action Robot		Created by scientific experts from the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, Prime-8 has unique Animotion technology that gives the biped, power to outrun, outgun, outsmart, and outmaneuver almost every other Bot out there. And if you don't own Prime-8, it'll OWN you because it is fully-loaded with hi-tech features, weaponry, and sensing technology to move and groove automatically on its own. It even rights itself if it falls down. For more information visit the Prime-8 website at www.prime8robot.com. [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Shop for About Prime-8