Penbo, the Cute Little Penguin Robot
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Robot Living has a short informational post about a cute, pink, robotic penguin that interacts with its friends and has a baby that it interacts with, too. I’m not showing these videos of Penbo the Pink Penguin Robot that are embedded below (the first is also posted by Robot Living) to my youngest daughter. I might show it to a grandparent or uncle around Christmas time. I think I’ll show it to my friends’ kids, though. Nothing like sowing seeds of the Christmas Gimme’s early on and spoiling summer in the mix.
Robot Living says:
What can we say. It is pink. It is a penguin and has a baby called Bebe. Both respond to stimulation like your voice and your touch. Both robots should be available soon through Amazon.
The other robot that Robot Living is referring to is Prime 8 Gorilla that is developed for boys. Here’s the video, a commercial you’ll probably see on Saturday morning TV, if you watch with your kids:
Here’s another video performance by Penbo, from the London Toy Show, with a man giving a demo:
I’m too old! (can you hear my bones creaking?) I love this interactivity that they are developing. I want to re-engineer my career and work on programming these things instead of working in BI and teaching Economics. But that mortgage and tuition for the kids’ school always gets in the way.
Well, I was too slow with this post. My youngest just woke up and came downstairs. Like a foolish dad, I showed her the video I’ve posted below. She watched quietly for about 15 seconds and then said, “I want that. Can you buy me that robot?” I knew she’d say that.
This video comes from Botropolis.
Bossa Nova Penbo from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
Also from Botropolis is this video of Prime 8, the gorilla robot for boys:
Bossa Nova Prime8 from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
