Reddit mentions: The best remote controlled robotic toys

1. I really didn't think I had anything that was gray!! But this is! And so is this! WOOO!
   
   
2. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But I've never been there.
   
   
3. Not crazy, but still, unusual, right?
   
   
4. This whole list is for the people and animals that I work with!
   
   
5. If you've seen the movie YOU HAVE TO READ THE BOOK!! There's so much more excitement and detail!! Everything makes sense!
   
   
6. Fifteen cents.
   
   
7. We use this for some of the smaller cats at work!! Put a little treat or some whole fresh catnip, and AWAAAAY THEY GO!!
   
   
8. These. so freaking gorgeous!
   
   
9. Just to see and hear Tom Cruise sing. Or Alec Baldwin sing. Or really, the whole thing goes back and forth from awesome to awesome-er, as long as you don't have a lot of expectations.
   
   
10. If you can hunt for food in silence, the zombies won't know where you are!!
    
    
11. This is on my dream list for the hubs to see. My computer is dead and I have to use the kiddo's. I miss my photo editing software, all my files, etc...
    
    
12. I don't believe this, but I have absolutely NO add-on items on any of my wishlists. wow.
    
    
13. See #11. I'm desperate to have a computer back. DESPERATE!
    
    
14. I could carry a breadbox in this thing.
    
    
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16. Sandalwood smells incredible.
    
    
17. HEXBUGS ARE MY FAVORITES!!
    
    
18. you have to have an awesome pencil case to go back to school!! Or, maybe this one?
    
    
19. RAoA is my favorite obsession. And yeah, that's on my WL!!
    
    
20. I can't get over how gorgeous, or cheap, this is!! Also, the kiddo has this bookmarked on the Senior Year WL. Absolutely gorgeous. And expensive.
    
    

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Here, let me help you out :D These are all in the $10 to $20 range, while others go from $20 to $30. The first section is for the banks... I added some actual toys in the other sections just in case :D

Godzilla 1989 Coin Bank

Back to the Future Money Box

Bulldog Bank

Life-Like Pug Bank

Parrot that Eats Money

Knights of Templar Box

Alien Queen Bank

Cacodemon Bank

Green Mushroom Bank

Yellow Orange Mushroom Bank

Yellow Green Mushroom Bank

Mario Bank

R2D2 Bank

Better Looking R2D2 Bank

Predator Bank

Ctulhu Bank

Frankenstein Bank

Alien Big Chap Bank

Unmasked Predator Bank

Alien Warrior Bank

Burnt Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Bank

Glow in the Dark Alien Bank

Glow in the Dark Ctulhu Bank

Alien Egg and Facehugger Bank

Spock Bank

Glow in the Dark Slimer Bank

Regular Slimer Bank

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I also would love to suggest these non-bank toys :D

Figuarts Super Mario

Figuarts Yoshi

Rement Pose Skeleton Tyrranosaurus Rex

Schleich Tyrannosaurus Rex

Schleich Gigantosaurus

Bandai Godzilla

Movie Monster EX King Ghidorah

Millennium Godzilla

Godzilla 90s Era

Godzilla 2014

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I noticed he likes JOJO, a manga/anime that I also love! These following toys are beyond your $30 budget, BUT in case you feel like spending a little more to make your boyfriend happier, then these toys will do the trick :D

Medicos Jotaro

Medicos Dio

Medicos Josuke

There you go, I hope you find my research helpful and you can pick a few from them hehehe :D

Youngling, the force cannot be lost but it can be found.

Kits are the easiest way to go by far but there is not a sub $400 kit that I know of that can reach the North pennies. So if you go with a kit it is not going to be turn-key (you are going to have to modify its reach).

A lot of teams (including some of the ones I work with) really like the OWI-535 as it is cheap and easy to modify. Most of the other team I see at State every year are using VEX creations. And then there is that one robot from that one team, a fully custom 1:1 matching action robotic arm pair.

If you have the time, money, and skill; building one will give you way more options and flexibility when it comes to the competition. If you are building your own based on an arduino control; look into high torque servos, and these (I found them linked off of a video I cannot find at the moment).

And finally I will leave you with this Youtube link to something that was posted over in the student forums.

I am an engineering graduate student and I highly recommend this: http://amzn.com/B0017OFRCY

There's no programming to it. It's strictly the hardware of the robotics; gears, electric motors, linkages. I got it specifically because it's straightforward and I had plans to augment it with an Arduino wheeled robot and chase my roommate's ferrets (which I never got around to). It's all hard plastic and metal parts and the grip is pretty decent.

This would work well for you too since it has good instructions. If you can put together a table from IKEA, you can put together this robotic arm. It's also a great price. I see Mindstorms thrown around a lot, and that may work well in this case since he's 5 but I've always found their stuff to be incredibly overpriced (this is coming from someone who loves Legos).

Fair warning, this will give him great insight into the mechanics of how robotic arms work. Side effects may include him shutting himself in his room to work on his "arc reactor".

I'm testing out some types of treats with my new cat, and one thing that seems to have been a hit are freeze-dried treats. Thrive and Cosma are the two brands I know, both 100% meat that's been freeze-dried. If you've ever had freeze-dried fruit, you can estimate what the taste and texture would be like for cats :)

He also likes Dreamies treats, especially when we put them in a treat ball for him to bat around. He also adores his cat tree as he loves being up high and watching everything go by. In terms of general toys, he adores a rather simple feather waggler, and we're going to see how he gets on with a toy circuit. I've also seen people who found that a butterfly in a jar, while not a cat toy, was rather interesting, and likewise the hexbug also garnered interest from some cats.

It's the OWI Robotic Arm kit and while it is a little pricey for a "toy" everything goes together nicely and it's easy to hack.

I'd recommend that if you do get it that you also get a good Exacto™ type knife or utility knife and get good at using it. There are always little nubs of plastic left when you pull the pieces off of the panels them come in.

Well, something you both might have fun building together is the Owi robotic arm:
http://www.amazon.com/OWI-OWI-535-Robotic-Arm-Edge/dp/B0017OFRCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367780839&sr=8-1&keywords=robot+arm
It's relatively cheap compared to other things and is good quality. I have one on my desk I built a while ago and it is great fun. Robotics leagues will appear more often in middle and high school (vex, first, things like that) but this should keep her interested.

Just duct tape one of those grabber thingys that are usually kids toys, but they also make some for picking up stuff while riding a lawnmower. It's pretty much a claw hand on a stick. So in hindsight, just duct tape that to his crazy stick device and tada!

Edit-http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weslo-06069-Robot-Claw-Hand/dp/B000JJ3Y3W Found it, quite literally a claw hand.

ok, squish the bad ones, but the house spiders are kinda helpful. (end unpopular sentiment)

Or, or, get one of those remote control spiders/tarantulas and terrorize the nurses! http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Milton-Radio-Control-Tarantula/dp/B000EUDAWG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331606976&sr=8-1

Ok, spiders aside, you have been through a crappy event and proven yourself a goddamned badass by pulling through it. Now your body is like "ok, badass, we need some time to recharge th badass battery". LIKE A BAWS.

It's hard to admit sometimes, but seeing a psychiatrist could help - temporary medication to get through the darker, harder times, which cna be discontinued once your BAWS battery is at full again. It can help - take it from a lifelong sufferer of depression.

Reddit has faith in you! I'm sure someone has made a Spiderman comment... so.. I will abstain. Keep rocking, ok?

http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-First-Labs-Inc-451-1416/dp/B002R7IK74

These things man. My parents gave them to us to play with our cats with. We found out they make very nice little vibrators. Small enough to fit inside of panties and go unnoticed. You can pick them up at just about any toy store.

Having one can make things really fun.

It's too quiet in here!
I flippin would love one of these! wouldn't that be awesome to make? :D

By the way Rasta, YOU'RE AWESOME :D

Sounds cool

In all seriousness it sounds like it would be pretty beneficial. Thanks.

I started my 5 year old with this non-Arduino kit, because it is stupid simple and cool to a 5 year old:

http://www.amazon.com/Innonox-Cyber-Robots-Robotic-Alien/dp/B00RWDHPHE

What's awesome is that the box that the toy comes in becomes the robot's body, meaning there is a lot of room inside the finished robot to do interesting things.

After he built it, played with it, and got bored with it, I asked if he wanted to make it cooler. We took it apart, added an Arduino and a new battery pack, and put it back together. It didn't do anything new yet, but my son became comfortable making changes, twisting wires, etc...

Then, we started writing done programs. First, we simply made the LED eye light blink. Next, we controlled it's forward speed. We've since bought an IR remote on amazon and are going to add it to the kit.

As of right now you can buy a toy that uses your brain waves to make a ball rise

This branch of science is called Electroencephalography and I sincerely believe that this technology is going to get better and better as time goes on. With this technology being refined and enhanced every day I believe that we will soon be able to interface with our devices, machines and computers using our minds.

please forgive the lack of formatting below, but here are a few toy favs:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4W4PTS/ref=s9_acsd_zwish_hd_bw_bNEt4N_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_r=QCMJ545PGH645VFRWMDW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=84225ac7-32bd-54a6-8497-91c509904cf0&pf_rd_i=343404011&th=1 if you want a traditional pet

https://www.amazon.com/Wish-Novelty-Control-Interactive-Robotic/dp/B076KF1CSM/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1510792179&sr=1-6&keywords=robotic+pet another traditional but cool pet

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075CXV6Z6/ref=s9_acsd_topr_hd_bw_bNEt4N_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-11&pf_rd_r=QCMJ545PGH645VFRWMDW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=84225ac7-32bd-54a6-8497-91c509904cf0&pf_rd_i=343404011&th=1 getting a little out of the norm but still a cool companion
https://www.amazon.com/MSRM-Smart-Ball-App-Enabled-Robotic/dp/B01KMC76DE/ref=sr_1_9?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1510792179&sr=1-9&keywords=robotic+pet my personal favorite
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014WO96Y/ref=s9_acsd_top_hd_bw_bNEt4N_c_x_1_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=QCMJ545PGH645VFRWMDW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=84225ac7-32bd-54a6-8497-91c509904cf0&pf_rd_i=343404011 a classic

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075BNF5Y5/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1 middle of the line type toy

It is nice to see Redditors caring for people who use their head. Coming soon... two people play a game of Pong with attached brain-wave scanners made from these:

https://www.amazon.ca/Star-Wars-Science-Force-Trainer/dp/B001UZHASY

I have a seven year old nephew who really loved it when I sent him a Coji last year. He lives across the country so I can't teach him anything myself, and his mom said I'm basically the source for all the technology in his life.

What else can I do to help further his STEM skills?

Hexbugs are great cat toys. This keeps my cats entertained for hours

http://www.amazon.com/Hexbug-Scarab-Colors-May-Vary/dp/B006SLYAUQ

https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Control-Balancing-Robot-TG634-R/dp/B01M0QBHYQ

WLtoys F1 Lightweight 2.4G Intelligent Robot Perfect Balance G-Sensor / Dancing RC Robot

As I said above:

> Not at all. You can do a basic setup simply by gutting a child's toy. That's just getting you a single input, but it's inexpensive and simple to set up.

I mean, I still think this is fake, but getting brainwave input into a project (not necessarily reading desired arm movement, but rather just looking for alpha wave spikes) can be done trivially with junk like this.

I had one of these Armatron robots as a kid. Last year got my son this for Christmas. You have (get to) build it yourself. And is just as awesome as the original. Every time I go to tuck in my son for the night I have to sacrifice a few lego guys to the voltron gods.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0017OFRCY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481655703&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=robotic+arm+kit&dpPl=1&dpID=51umNzStabL&ref=plSrch

Edit: cleaned up some mobile formatting issues

Honestly I'm amazed by these things. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001UZHASY

Also, there are literally mind-reading Star Wars toys. I was gonna post https://www.amazon.ca/Star-Wars-Science-Force-Trainer/dp/B001UZHASY as a reply to the guy saying it's "clearly fake" - with a dash of optimism that looks like it could easily be scavenged parts for a basic servo setup, triggered with toy parts, to help move his arm.

Yes. We harvest the salt to create infinite energy ... Salt Powered Robot

Get the Bandai vinyl one off amazon. There is a creations one in Walmart but it does not look as great as the Bandai vinyl. It’s like 7 bucks more than the Walmart one but it is def more worth it. Bandai Japan really hit it out of the park with this figure.


Bandai Godzilla Movie Monster Series Godzilla Millennium (Japan Import) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E8D22IC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QQgZDbW8SSG97

No idea about real products but why not get him on of those remote control robotic dinosaurs? I loved those when I was a kid.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0797SS7BC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4dU.BbWG9SMN7

We got this Hexbug for our cat.
He will play with it ofr 10-15 minutes at a time, though has to be in the "mood" to play.

You should also be playing with a wand toy, such as Da Bird or the Cat Dancer for at least 15 minutes a day to give her an outlet and bond with you.

He could be this retarded salt powered robot

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AV8XBGG/

Best of both worlds

Venus 2000.

If you are a diy type I'm sure combining a fleshlight plus a robotic arm would be a good project.

This should make great use of your post.

I'm sure there is some kind of trippy mind melting experience to be designed with EEG today. However, I think that in the short term actual game play -- as opposed to the level of "interaction" currently possible with EEGs -- is going to require a controller.

This, this and this all together would make my SO not only incredibly happy, but I would probably reach god-like status for getting him these toys. Maybe your husband would like them too!

Jedi Force Trainer or other move impressive devices that read brainwaves to preform actions.

$40.
https://www.amazon.com/OWI-OWI-535-Robotic-Arm-Edge/dp/B0017OFRCY

You'll have to add a microcontroller and some way to get position info for each axis, which you can do with some clever 3d printing, some Hall effect sensors and magnets.

Story of my life. I once got laughed at when I said something involving brain-to-computer interface, three years later, everyone wanted one of those "brain reading" toys. Fucking assholes...

Yes.

Program one of these bad boys.

here you go bro: http://amzn.com/B00AV8XBGG

Treat yourself for xmas this year.

http://www.robotshop.com/en/wowwee-robosapien-x-robot-toy.html

http://www.robotshop.com/en/owi-t3-transforming-solar-robot.html

http://www.scientificsonline.com/product/hydraulic-robotic-arm-kit

http://www.amazon.com/OWI-OWI-535-Robotic-Arm-Edge/dp/B0017OFRCY

http://www.robotshop.com/en/6-1-educational-solar-kit.html

These are all real robots. Some of which you can build yourself (you'd have to help him though). Any particular kind he's looking for?

For those who wish to buy it. http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Creatures-Controllable-Disc-Firing-All-Terrain/dp/B009CK7WE6

Reminds me of an Attacknid. Or the giant one that the original inventor made in the woods.

For anyone interested in the blue "spider" toy: https://www.hexbug.com/mechanical/scarab or http://www.amazon.com/Hexbug-Scarab-Colors-May-Vary/dp/B006SLYAUQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425709693&sr=8-2&keywords=scarab

I bought mine already. O.o (21 year old college student)

Meditation is not a prerequisite for telepathy, despite popular misconception. This is actually unlocked via the Neurotechnology tree, and the Science guilds have already released tech that lets ordinary players use the similar skill of telekinesis without having to grind any exp. While we haven't had any such breakthroughs with telepathy, it's a sure bet that this too will be unlocked via Neurotechnology and not Meditation (or the other Mysticism-related talents).

i've got a guy that's a huge prankster, so i bought him a remote controlled spider. he got several people with it, including our exec. people do silly things when you startle them.

https://www.amazon.com/4M-Salt-Water-Powered-Robot/dp/B00AV8XBGG

because this is who I am

Hexbug Cat Toy

Hexbug Nano

Got you fam

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AV8XBGG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483442573&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=salt+powered+robot&dpPl=1&dpID=51nr38CujNL&ref=plSrch

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HEXBUG-477-2409-Nano-random-colour/dp/B002R7IK74

Every time I see this reposted all I can think about is how it's a remote controlled arm so is it really a robot clicking the button or a person?

I think it's this.

12 Dollars

There was a Star Wars toy that did essentially this same thing as a Pong paddle moving up and down in 2009.

Yes, it's this robot arm and it's remote controlled by a person unless someone hacked and automated it.

https://www.amazon.com/Innovation-First-Labs-Inc-477-2409/dp/B002R7IK74

I think it’s a variant of this https://www.amazon.com/HEXBUG-Nano-Robotic-Cat-Toy/dp/B00TTU9RAQ/

Dude, just add one to your wishlist

I am detecting large amounts of salt in this area

http://www.amazon.com/4M-Salt-Water-Powered-Robot/dp/B00AV8XBGG

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AV8XBGG/

I'm not sure of this exact type, but I have one of these for my kitties:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TTU9RAQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9RMMDb1VR8GE6

Well, I tried to find something that would ship fast. It was damn impossible. But I sent Logan this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AV8XBGG/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It will arrive on Tuesday. I paid for 1 day shipping...but it didn't seem to matter.

Yeah, no. This is a manually controlled robot arm toy. That's why the bag is on the controls. So, this is still a Captcha being defeated by a person. Using a toy robot arm. Deal with THAT, yo.

all links on amazon, there are probbably other places to get things but i'm lazy.

space pen:
https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Original-Astronaut-Pen/dp/B0015ZP2AC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1492305866&sr=8-4&keywords=space+pen

parker pen:
https://www.amazon.com/Parker-Jotter-Stainless-Ballpoint-133321/dp/B0017D5WXY/ref=sr_1_2?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1492305273&sr=1-2&keywords=parker+pen

robot arm:
https://www.amazon.com/OWI-OWI-535-Robotic-Arm-Edge/dp/B0017OFRCY/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1492305677&sr=1-1&keywords=robot+arm+kit

EEG.

You can buy simple versions as toys. And more expensive versions work better.

I have no idea why that was downvoted either. People are odd.

a game you control with the star wars force trainer