Sony Rolly in Motion (Demonstration)

Rolly is an egg-shaped digital robotic music player made by Sony, combining music functions with robotic dancing. It has several motors that allow it to rotate and spin, as well as two bands of LED lights running around its edge and cup-like "wings" (or "arms" according to the Sony sonystyle USA website) which can open and close on either end, all of which can be synchronized to the music being played.
Sound-sensitivity components detect beat, rhythm, voice and pitch, which can be used to have the device automatically react to music. It also has a G force sensor (accelerometer) which detects if the player is moving up or down. Preprogrammed movements along with music can be downloaded from personal computers using Bluetooth, having been composed on the computer or obtained from Sony's repository of user-made movement schemes. It has one gigabyte of flash memory to store music files.[1]
On August 20, 2007, Sony launched an initial teaser advertising campaign for the product.[2]. The product was unveiled on September 20, 2007, and went on sale in Japan on September 29, and its currently for sale at the Sony sonystyle USA website[3] for $399.99 USD. It is available in black and in white. Sony offers the "Engrave it." option for this item, and a number of accessories, including "arms" in different colors. It was announced it would be discountinued in North America and many retailers sold it at a clearance price of $99.

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Science & Technology

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• sony
• rolly
• DigInfo
• robotics
• speakers
• animation

[williedb47]

Awesome and unique.

[phoenixmach12]

and cute too!

[DEathTOanaLysis]

I need to get this...it would keep me entertained for so long :D

[bambolonia]

garbage

[dtberyeyeey]

Ko ce kupi Жониy rolija?:-)

neka kupi dva, da jedan da meni:D