Robodance 4 software lets you control i-SOBOT with a Wiimote

Tomy's i-SOBOT usually requires users to punch in one of 147 different keycodes on its monster handheld controller to get things moving, but a couple enterprising hackers have developed a control system that lets you get it on mo-cap style using a Wiimote and the nunchuk attachment. The secret is the upcoming Robodance 4 software, which maps the i-SOBOTs commands to the Wiimote and a GUI for complex scripted macros -- which means it'll be even easier to pretend that the bot is actually your real friend. Check a vid of the system in action, apparently shot in someone's underground bunker, after the break.

[Thanks, Daanish]

[Johnny @ Dec 15th 2007 3:43PM]

That's kinda neat. I may have to invest into one of these little toys.

[Yubastard @ Dec 15th 2007 4:32PM]

Yeah, I have always felt tempted to buy one of those, though the lack of autonomous movement kind of bores me.

If it could run around the house and then go charge itself, I would be all over it, mostly to drive my cats crazy.

[SteveMB @ Dec 15th 2007 4:28PM]

"and the noonchuck attachment"

[KawaiiPikachu @ Dec 15th 2007 4:52PM]

When people learn it's Wii Remote not Wiimote .
Nintendo never said once Wiimote .

[Nubaeus @ Dec 15th 2007 5:43PM]

Go away

[Chris Macdonald @ Dec 15th 2007 6:54PM]

shut up

[Dias @ Dec 15th 2007 5:49PM]

Waiting for "Kill human race" script.

[Technex @ Dec 15th 2007 6:01PM]

Very clever but the robot seems a little slow... Unless the video is slowed down.

[Flashpoint @ Dec 15th 2007 6:45PM]

it is the GRUNT from QUAKE 4

http://www.quake4portal.com/info/images/grunt.jpg

[Chris Macdonald @ Dec 15th 2007 6:53PM]

1. FIND SOFTWARE, DESTROY ANYTHING IN PATH.
2. GET CD IMAGE.
3. SHARE.

rofl, iso bot

[Tristan @ Dec 16th 2007 12:02AM]

reminds me of a video from hte band millencolin http://youtube.com/watch?v=tW77ecge1yY

[Reginald @ Dec 16th 2007 2:04PM]

"It's easier to remember a simple body movement than a numeric key combination."

Hey, some of us prefer typing on keyboards than actual physical activity.


By the way, this reminds me of the old NES Robie. Wonder if Nintendo will ever resurrect him.

[Silverexpress @ Dec 16th 2007 10:21PM]

Why don't they make these things look like an anatomically correct Angelina Jolie or Jessica Simpson or some other famous star.

[silverblackvoid @ Dec 17th 2007 2:36AM]

seriously dude, why do u wanna molest ur robots. for the time, stick with the pictures and videos.