RC robots – the playmates of the future?

It has long been anticipated that the increasing digitization will not stop at the doors of the nursery. If you look at the boys and girls‘ wish lists, the remote-controlled robots play a bigger role from year to year. And even the fathers and mothers can hardly escape the charm of the small technology miracle. The chances that the wishes of the children will be fulfilled are therefore excellent. But which of the RC Robot Fulfills the high expectations aroused by Star Wars and other popular feature films?

A closer look quickly reveals that this question can not be answered universally. The individual expectations are just too different. While those seeking a buyer for a cute playmate who performs all sorts of droll movements and nice sounds, dream of all boys of remote-controlled fighting machines, which can successfully prevail against attackers.

A tricky point – the privacy

Experts have taken a closer look at modern toys. It turned out that most of the technical details are in order. The robots are neatly processed so that sharp edges or similar things are hard to find. All clear, there are also in terms of pollutants. The investigated models showed no abnormalities in this respect either. Some models failed with mechanical strength. Crashes a more expensive RC Robot Going down the stone stairs, because he was not properly controlled by his little owner, that can be quite annoying.

But even more serious found the Warenschützer a very different vulnerability. Some RC Robot be per Smartphoneor tabletcontrolled. Thereby, some developers obviously did not take the privacy very seriously. In several cases, data has been sent to enable significant conclusions to be drawn about the user. If you do not want personal profiles to be created by your children and passed on to third parties, you should critically question this point when selecting the RC robot.

These RC Robot could please your kids

Like a modern knight comes the RoboAttack of the British manufacturer ThinkGizmos. The about 35 cm high robot can run, dance and shoot. He will come with one remote Controlcontrolled. As ammunition foam bullets are used. The magazine, which holds six foam balls, is located in the belly of the robot. Once all the bullets have been fired, they are collected again and stored in the magazine for the next use. If the robot wants to dance, he provides himself the cool music for his dicoreife dance insert. Can the speak RC Robot also, but he speaks English, which probably not all children understand. If your neighbors are sensitive to noise, it could be a bit problematic, because this robot is not very quiet. This robot is recommended for children from the age of six years.

Parents of technology-minded boys and girls should take a closer look at the cyber robot from Clementoni. With this robot, the kids can playfully get into the technology of robots. In this box you will find everything you need to build a robot yourself and then program it. Control is via a Bluetooth module. The required app is offered by download. There are four game modes for plenty of variety and fun. This sophisticated toy is recommended for children and adolescents aged 8-15 years.

That an RC robot does not have to be an expensive pleasure, proves the droll playmate of Wishtime. This robot is very mobile. He can change direction, move his head and arms and even dance. The remote control works up to a maximum distance of 15 m.