WowWee
WowWee is a manufacturer of toy robots from Hong Kong , founded in 1982 by Richard and Peter Yanofsky as research companies. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer , WowWee first produces various toys such as Power Rangers figures. WowWee was best known for the toy robot Robosapien , which was launched in 2004 and for which the Toy of the Year Award was presented in the same year . WowWee describes itself as a leader in the field of hi-tech toy robots.
Robosapien, which was sold over a million times, was followed by Robosapien V2 (2005), Roboreptile (2006), and RoboQuad (2007). In 2007, WowWee FlyTech launched Dragonfly , a remote-controlled ornithopter . Dragonfly was named one of the inventions of the year by the American news magazine Time and has resulted in many more flying toys. The successor FlyTech Bladestar is the first flying toy robot with sensor-based navigation.
In 2007 WowWee produced toys for McDonald’s Happy Meal around the world . For 2009, WowWee has announced a partnership with Evolution robotics to jointly develop and launch new toy robots.
Web links
- wowwee.com - WowWee website
- golem.de - New WowWee robots: From the monkey head to the Segway bot
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of WowWee (English). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 8, 2008 ; Retrieved December 28, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Wowwee and Evolution Robotics Partner to Bring Breakthrough Technology to Consumer Robots. Retrieved December 28, 2008 .
