Sneak peek of the greatest toy robot ever invented
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So then I thought, what about taking this further? Like an arena where you could battle them or something? Better yet, get a warehouse and build rooms, escalators, themed areas like a park or waterfall. Allow people to use their mobile device to log in to their bot, avatar toy, etc and control it. You could do things like teleport to other parts of the warehouse, where you'd just embody a different bot. With augmented reality, you could even sell "stickers" to decorate your bot or battle car, etc. Advertising could be tastefully placed around the areas as an additional revenue stream.
Of course, prox sensors would be a must if the object of the environment isn't to bash everyone to bits.
It's pretty far fetched, but I think it would be fun!
Altough you can't play from home, but all the players have only the cameras of their bot to look around. So far they play with electric airsoft pistols and each bot (which has to be a walker, so no wheels or anything) has a few standardized sensor plates to register hits.
As most control the bots via WiFi, it would certainly be possible to host such a competition via internet.
[I never played this myself, but it looks like fun!]
Edit: his web site: http://jamius.com
But hey!, second place is not bad.
Maybe the definition is changing as a result of robots moving from industrial to consumer. Perhaps a "toy robot" as this thing is described can just be any controllable moving machine that does anything more than just move about (like RC cars/helicopters do).