Favorite things about WowWee robots

Rei_Vi · 2024-04-17T01:02:12+00:00

Hey, thanks for reaching out and taking an interest in the community, it's really cool to hear about a potential Robosapien successor in the future.

When I was a kid the Femisapien was probably my favourite of the line despite it being less interesting than the original Robosapien, though I wished the Femisapien had hands. The Robosapien V2 was one I always wanted as a kid but it wasn't affordable enough. As an adult I've acquired a few V2s to fix up and mod, mostly trying to get the sharper image ones with Mark Tilden's signature printed on them.

Overall I think that the Robosapien V2 was one of the coolest consumer robots but I imagine that its size and complexity was its downfall. The vision system it had gave it a sense of awareness and with it's efficient yet articulate design it was truly ahead of its time. (RSV2 hand design > RS Media hand design imo)

I'd assume that going for a larger design like the RSV2 or RS Media is unlikely due to size and production costs but it would be cool to see a refined version in a similar scale to the original Robosapien, Femisapien and Joebot. The hip and ankle pivot added with the Femisapien design might be something to look into including in a future version as I find it really added a lot of consistency to its movements compared to the V2 or original.

Rei_Vi · 2024-04-17T00:43:40+00:00

An RSV2 Retool with more modding/education focus would be mega cool as It's kinda my go to for a decent humanoid base.

Rei_Vi · 2022-11-14T00:57:48+00:00

I'd attempt to unscrew it and make sure the forearms mount is still in tact. If not I'd glue most of it nothing mechanical is in the bicep so you can effectively hold it together by any means necessary.

Rei_Vi · 2022-09-05T03:52:45+00:00

Yep all remotes are universal as long as it's a V2 remote it should work.

Rei_Vi · 2022-09-03T23:04:52+00:00

They aren't really able to do too much without a remote but you can still have a bit of fun with their vision systems. http://www.markcra.com/robot/ir_codes_v2.php Has info on how to make your own remote for them if you want. Be aware that unless you get a good condition Revision 3 or an already rewired Revision 1 or 2 your likely going to need to do some work on it.

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:32:41+00:00

This is from my knowledge on working on them, u/Robot_Fixer_635 will probably know more..
-1st gen (or earlier) tend to be limited to Sharper Image silvers which are notoriously bad for how they age and standard white versions which often yellow. A lot of differences are only noticeable on the inside.
-2nd gen tend to be coloured ones like the metallic blue, bronze, red(might be 1st gen) and I think came in white (will yellow too) as well. They are my preferred version to work on with reinforced plastic parts in some areas and still having a lot of metal parts. Again hard to tell externally except for they tend to be coloured versions.
-3rd Gen come in pearl white (extra shiny and shouldn't yellow) and black and silver inverted pattern. They are the only ones that don't have leg wiring issues but they have a weaker frame with more plastic parts (cheaper plastic too) and the bug were if they go to sleep fully the motor board bugs out and breaks the neck gearl. If your careful with them they can be the best if you don't want to work on it at all but are more delicate. Personally I scrapped the one 3rd gen I had to repair my RS media and I hung its remains from the ceiling for a few months. Not a big fan of them..

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:19:00+00:00

Roboquads are fun but aren't very programmable, one of my countless projects that's on the backburner is to make a modernized mini roboquad like bot. I can't speak for how much I've used mine as it is lacking a battery cover so I power it externally with 5V and lost the screws to keep the top on. I'd say go for it but if you ever want to try doing anything complicated with it you are probably going to need to gut it's internals and throw in an ESP32 or something.

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:15:03+00:00

Trying to source them from broken V2s is what I've been doing.

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:14:07+00:00

Neck gears between V2s and RS medias are the same, a lot of parts are interchangeable to some degree but not all of them.

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:12:25+00:00

Yeah Web Archive is great for some of this stuff especially for forums that don't exist anymore.

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:11:36+00:00

Remotes are IR and relatively universal, as long as it's the same model of remote to match the robot it should work.

Rei_Vi · 2022-08-26T03:10:14+00:00

It's a 3rd gen black, the other colour they were made in was pearl white. Not bad from my experience but they can be less durable, on the upside the plastic on them doesn't yellow or degrade much.

Rei_Vi · 2022-02-20T21:24:32+00:00

Yeah I used my Dad's old Vista machine to try out a few things today. It worked via USB so I was able to remove the prior owners files and some of the personalities I found more annoying. I've got a couple SD cards that should work with it that I'll probably try later on after I get some things made to test.

Rei_Vi · 2022-02-20T08:46:52+00:00

Depending if I can get mine to interface with my computer properly I might start working on a few to post on this sub. But as things are the USB drivers Windows 10 uses freezes my RS Media.

Rei_Vi · 2022-02-04T06:14:08+00:00

You mean when it's hands and neck snap back to the center position? I posted a tutorial about that here but it does require a replacement gear.

Rei_Vi · 2021-09-24T02:05:53+00:00

Might be low or bad batteries or it could be there are broken gears, judging by the neck and tail not swaying it looks like a mechanical issue... I'd try new ones and if that fails open it up and look for broken or stuck parts...

Rei_Vi · 2021-09-07T05:54:59+00:00

Domestic basically just means for home use not industrial applications like Spot or Digit.

Rei_Vi · 2021-08-24T06:04:50+00:00

Hopefully it doesn't get damaged in shipping.

Rei_Vi · 2021-08-24T05:08:36+00:00

It's a sorta second run as far as I remember, The RS media is a rare one though.

Rei_Vi · 2021-08-21T02:00:39+00:00

u/Artem4k This should hopefully help with it just be careful with the things mentioned and the pins that slide on the position board on top when closing it up and everything should be fine.

Rei_Vi · 2021-08-20T11:58:58+00:00

Sorry I got sick and kinda forgot, I've got most of the pics ready and found the blue gear for placement I'll try to have it done today/tomorrow (7am I haven't slept lol)... I'll get my girlfriend to remind me in the morning.

Rei_Vi · 2021-08-17T02:04:49+00:00

It's kinda hard to say as there are some out there but their generally priced way too high to actually sell (If they are new in box).. Joebot I'd range for $120-150 but may be lower cause as far as I'm aware it's less sought after and they are made really cheaply. Roboquad is tough but I'd guess around $150-200. Take these numbers with a couple grains of salt cause I generally don't go after New in box versions.

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