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Product Description
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WowWee Tribot Talking Companion. Tribot is one of the latest in WowWee line of personal robots. This innovative talking companion is more than just your average robot Tribot is fresh out of the robot mold and is ready to interact with you whether it is playing with his built in games or telling you jokes.
Product Description
Tribot is one of the latest in the line of personal robots from WowWee.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
By A. Stagg
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Of all the WowWee robots, I think Tribot is more fun than the Robosapien and far, far beyond WowWee Robotics RoboPanda. After being disappointed by Robopanda, we were really excited to see how Tribot would build off that failure.
Tribot does not look as human as WowWee Robosapien with Mini Robo - Silver, but it moves better, quicker, and more efficiently. The three-wheel configuration works great!! The biggest innovation is the tilt-sensitive remote control combined with a very intuitive remote which makes it much simpler to operate than Robosapien.
Like the RoboPanda, the sarcastic dialogue might get tiresome, but its not as immediately annoying. Still, there is something familiar and friendly with Robosapien's grunts. I wish Tribot had two modes to allow users to choose coherent or incoherent dialogue!! Uh-huh!!
Tribot does not look as human as WowWee Robosapien with Mini Robo - Silver, but it moves better, quicker, and more efficiently. The three-wheel configuration works great!! The biggest innovation is the tilt-sensitive remote control combined with a very intuitive remote which makes it much simpler to operate than Robosapien.
Like the RoboPanda, the sarcastic dialogue might get tiresome, but its not as immediately annoying. Still, there is something familiar and friendly with Robosapien's grunts. I wish Tribot had two modes to allow users to choose coherent or incoherent dialogue!! Uh-huh!!
74 of 78 people found the following review helpful
Durability:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This toy is wonderful, my son has been asking for it all year. Finally we bought it. It's huge its fun. He ABSOLUTELY loves it. The only catch is it's a battery eater. After putting 8 batteries in him the first day. The very next day he's saying his batteries are low. That's all he will say I need more batteries! I highly recommend anyone buying this toy buy rechargeable and take the time to recharge him at night.
64 of 70 people found the following review helpful
By maxxpwr
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I can't remember the last time I was so utterly disappointed with a toy to return it, but this robot did it. It is such a half-baked product on so many levels.
Let me get the positives out of the way first - the three-wheel omni-directional drive is neat and gives the robot great mobility.
That's about it.
Negatives:
* The controls are annoying - IR is good for remote controlling your TV, but not motion control; IR has too much delay, its range is too limited, and requires line of sight. All remote controlled toys should use RF. The IR control is very laggy and sometimes plain unresponsive. For example, Even though the robot is capable of of some pretty neat maneuvers due to the wheel design, it is nearly impossible to accurately control the robot - just trying to stop at the correct angle when spinning in place is frustratingly difficult. The tilt control is gimmicky at best.
*After you play with the robot for a while, you realize just how utterly simple the toy is, there is no depth. So it can record and playback your input. So what? Given how inaccurate the controls are, even if you did record your control input, the robot will not be following the same path on playback because of how imprecise it is. So what's the point of playback? The roaming free feature is also poorly implemented and of little value, as the robot will just sit there grinding its wheels against an obstacle that's too low for it to "see". In the end, the play value of this robot is not much more than that of a remote controlled car, but even there the IR control system will aggravate you to no end.
* If you look at the robot on display, you might expect for it to have a bit more motorized features. But actually it doesn't. Other than that the wheels turn, eyebrows, ears, and a little light pops out on occasion, nothing else on this robot is motorized. Not the arms, not the torso, and not the neck joint. It will sit in whatever pose you put it in.
* The robot has to be played on a hardwood floor. Yes it will run on carpet, but it will be very slow and sort of sway back and forth as it moves around. Its wheel design depends on being able to slip around. And if it runs full speed into an area rug edge, it will tip over.
After letting my kid have at it for 3 days, I decided it was not worth the money. It is just a poorly designed toy.
Let me get the positives out of the way first - the three-wheel omni-directional drive is neat and gives the robot great mobility.
That's about it.
Negatives:
* The controls are annoying - IR is good for remote controlling your TV, but not motion control; IR has too much delay, its range is too limited, and requires line of sight. All remote controlled toys should use RF. The IR control is very laggy and sometimes plain unresponsive. For example, Even though the robot is capable of of some pretty neat maneuvers due to the wheel design, it is nearly impossible to accurately control the robot - just trying to stop at the correct angle when spinning in place is frustratingly difficult. The tilt control is gimmicky at best.
*After you play with the robot for a while, you realize just how utterly simple the toy is, there is no depth. So it can record and playback your input. So what? Given how inaccurate the controls are, even if you did record your control input, the robot will not be following the same path on playback because of how imprecise it is. So what's the point of playback? The roaming free feature is also poorly implemented and of little value, as the robot will just sit there grinding its wheels against an obstacle that's too low for it to "see". In the end, the play value of this robot is not much more than that of a remote controlled car, but even there the IR control system will aggravate you to no end.
* If you look at the robot on display, you might expect for it to have a bit more motorized features. But actually it doesn't. Other than that the wheels turn, eyebrows, ears, and a little light pops out on occasion, nothing else on this robot is motorized. Not the arms, not the torso, and not the neck joint. It will sit in whatever pose you put it in.
* The robot has to be played on a hardwood floor. Yes it will run on carpet, but it will be very slow and sort of sway back and forth as it moves around. Its wheel design depends on being able to slip around. And if it runs full speed into an area rug edge, it will tip over.
After letting my kid have at it for 3 days, I decided it was not worth the money. It is just a poorly designed toy.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
wowwee
This was a gift for a little boy. It required little skill and was rugged; two necessary attributes for the child in question. It is a little noisy and very quick; he loved it.
Published 4 months ago by bucky101939
4.0 out of 5 stars
WowWee Robot
I purchased this robot for my grandson for Xmas . I cannot say alot about it because it is still in the box. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Joan
5.0 out of 5 stars
AWESSSOMMME
this guy is great funny too, he can even go around the house all by himself(not including the stairs)you can press the record button and use any button on the remote then you can... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lover of new tech
4.0 out of 5 stars
So much fun.
We had a blast Christmas Eve when my niece opened this gift. My dog chased it around too. It is amazing to watch this robot perform all his "tricks"! Easy to operate also.
Published 16 months ago by Shelah S. York
4.0 out of 5 stars
wowwee tribot
I bought this robot for christmas for my 3 year old daughter because all she asked santa clause for was a red robot and you can NOT get red robots in canada. Read more
Published 16 months ago by mikeey
5.0 out of 5 stars
well, my son loves it!
Bought this for our son, who was 5 at the time, for Christmas. Two years later he still pulls it down and plays with it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. Harrison
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun
Ordered for a Christmas gift. I haven't given to my son but amazon won't stop asking me to write a review.
Published 18 months ago by Dabbott
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Toy!
I loved this item. My kids, not so much. I think it was a little too overwhelming for my 6 year old. But he loved the security setting. Read more
Published 19 months ago by agy157
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic toy
I bought this toy for my son who is 10 years old. He loved it so much that he never used to leave it. It is strong, flexible and fun to play. Read more
Published 19 months ago by N. Rao Korlepara
4.0 out of 5 stars
A hit with the whole family
I bought this toy for my 9-year-old granddaughter. She loved it and so did her 2 siblings (one older and one younger). Read more
Published 20 months ago by Brenda Miranda
