At first glance a robot that looks like 2 fury tennis balls stuck together may not seem all that special, but this little fury wonder has just been named in the top 10 robots of all time! No the awards officials haven’t completely lost the plot. My Keepon has a huge following with hundreds upon thousands of YouTube videos, amassing over 4 million views! So how did such a simple looking robot find such fame amongst the more technologically advanced robots available on the market, the story behind it is somewhat special indeed.

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Take one look at Rovio and you cannot help but be impressed. He’s a futuristic looking WiFi controlled robot complete with webcam and mic which looks like he’s been designed by NASA and in the year 2009, this is all pretty impressive. Interestingly one of the developers from NASA actually helped to design Rovio, so expect bits to fall off him whilst in use. He has an internal “Sat Nav” which allows you to store points that he can return to at the touch of a button along with the ability to return to it’s docking bay to recharge.

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Robots are cool, it’s official. Well ok… they might be just a tiny bit geeky, but we’re talking Geek Chic here rather than Anorak Angst. Created by the guy that designed The Transformer robots and a talented robot inventor, the MechRC Robot can be manipulated via your PC, animated film strip allows you to control the robot and save the move or sequence that you come up with. With over one hundred pre-installed actions and sounds to choose from, you can put the robot into all kinds of entertaining situations.

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The T3 Solar Robot harnesses the awesome power that is the sun, meaning no batteries or chip fat are required. Once you’ve figured out how to put it together it will burst into life and roar across your desktop whilst you scream at the top of your lungs “it’s aliiiivvveee!!!”, at least that’s what happened in our office anyway.The perfect gift for that kid or big kid that keeps taking things apart to see how they work and educates an Eco friendly message, what more could you ask for?

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