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Romo App-Controlled Robotic Pet for iOS Devices - for iPhone 5, 5s & 5c. Romo App-Controlled Robotic Pet for iOS Devices - for iPhone 5, 5s & 5c. Not just any robot. Your new best friend. Romo is a curious digital creature who lives in your phone and explores your world on his roving base. Just download the app and dock your iPod touch (5th gen.) or iPhone device. Let him explore your world and snap photos of what he sees. Program him to respond and adapt to his environment. You can even control Romo remotely via web browser or other iOS devices - from anywhere in the world!* Meet Romo - the adorable digital creature that lives in your iOS device. He's the first downloadable robot for iOS that senses his environment and interacts with his surroundings. Just download the Romo app and dock him in the roving base. Let him explore and snap photos. Train him to recognize your face and greet you with a smile, or control him remotely from other iOS devices. It's super easy, and the possibilities are endless! You play. Romo learns. Customize Romo in seconds with his easy-to-use in-app mobile training platform. Program his personality and write your own apps for almost anything: Teach him to act happy when he sees you. Train him to laugh when you tickle him. But leave Romo by himself, and he'll be sad - so he'll go looking for someone to keep him company. He's VERY curious! Video chat with friends and family - from anywhere in the world!* Romo's the perfect helper! Invite friends and family anywhere in the world to control your Romo remotely while streaming 2-way video and audio. Using a computer or compatible iOS device. Dad can go room to room to say good night while away on business. Grandma can play hide-and-seek with her grandkids. Family and friends can tour the new apartment.
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(There are two versions of the product, one that works with an iPhone 5/5s with a lightning connector, and one that works with an iPhone 4/4s with the "old" 30-pin Apple connector. As far as I can tell, the products are identical except for the different connectors, so I'm posting the review on both product pages.)This robot is absolutely amazing! I'm just sorry that the company behind it is positioning it as a "robotic pet" -- i.e. a toy. It's so much more. In fact, it's like a remote-control NASA rover that you can control from the other side of the planet and use to explore the environment the robot is in. It's incredible.First, let's start with the "toy" functionality. As a toy, it's delightful and hilarious. When your iPhone is plugged into the tractor tread base, the iPhone takes on the personality of a little robot. The animation and personality are very well done. Because the iPhone app controls the treads, the robot can move around and interact with... |
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As some other reviewers pointed out, the real value of this robot is the telepresence functionality. The simple programming missions and labs are mostly for kids. But for an adult, the ability to drive the Romo remotely is important and for the price, not bad.What brings the stars down is:1) the telepresence ability is quirky. I have an iPhone4S on my Romo and controlling it via iPhone5S. it crashes as soon as I dial in from my 5S. On the other hand, it works from my Mac. But only sometimes. Other times it doesn't know that someone has called, or the video lags a lot, or Romo keeps moving forward without a way to stop him. Or he gets stuck.2) No speech recognition and text to speech. It's not hard to integrate Dragon Mobile into this. In fact I even saw a video of this being done in the kickstarter. But its not on the Romo, and its too bad, I would've liked to say something to him and react.In the end this is a good value, much cheaper than other... |
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