MAN’S NEW BEST FRIEND?

Stand and wave While we don’t know that you can make CHiP heel with a hand signal, he is able to recognise gestures such as hand-waving and clapping Paws for thought One thing CHiP is lacking is cute little paws. Instead he rolls around on Meccanum wheels, which allows him to have omnidirectional movement across different floor surfaces at various speed settings Dogs can be messy, require feeding and leave hair all over the place. So save yourself the bother and get a robot puppy instead. Yes, we know, Sony already tried and failed to do this with the Aibo, but Wowee’s CHiP is the next evolution in robotic pet. As well as being programmed with a range of canine noises and gestures to entice you, CHiP has infrared eyes…

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