Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Carbot

Just what else do you use your smartphone for apart from listening to your favorite tunes, watching movies on it on a long haul flight, and generally keeping a tight schedule? Well, Thinkgeek might have something just for you – the $29.99 Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Carbot. It will play nice with the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices, boasting a quartet of play modes and will juice up via USB – how is that for unprecedented convenience?

This pocket-sized race car will deliver hours of fun racing on and around your desk. The CarBots are specially controlled using the touch screen of your favorite smartphone or tablet (as long as it is any of the ones described above, that is), and when your manager takes a glance over at your side, it does seem as though you are typing furiously away, how about that for being productive?

You will be able to choose from the drift ‘n’ race, a battle mode, a maze mode, and a personality mode. Bear in mind that different colored CarBots can be used together for added mayhem.

[ Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Carbot copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]


CarBot from Desk Pets help you de-stress at the office desk

When a company that calls itself Desk Pets rolls something new off their production lines, you know for sure that you are in for a rollicking good time. After all, for those of us who keep pets, we do so because they are one way for us to de-stress. Sure, our pets will need grooming and looking after, to be fed and have a steady stream of clean water at all times, not to mention comfortable bedding and their annual vaccine shots, but they too, bring joy to our lives. So when Desk Pets announced their CarBot, you know for sure that you are in for a treat. At least right there and then on your office desk, as the $29.99 CarBot is touted to be the world’s first micro-robotic toy car.

CarBot would be a decent representation of the next generation of remote controlled toys, considering how it will rely on a mobile app on your compatible smartphone, as long as the smartphone you’re using runs on iOS or Android operating systems. Yes sir, this is a smart move on Desk Pets’ side as they can save more on manufacturing costs of the physical controller, where all it takes is someone to cobble together the controller program on both smartphone platforms.

Some of the more special CarBot features will include a battle mode that enables multiple players to battle via infrared sensors, a maze mode that lets players set up mazes for CarBot to navigate with military precision, a personality mode with sounds and lights; throwing in a mute button for noiseless play for when baby needs to sleep. Not only that, there is the more raw Drift ‘n’ Race mode which enables the CarBot to go crazy racing at full speed – all of two feet per second. A retractable USB charger has been implemented into body of the CarBot, where 40 minutes of charging would result in 15 minutes of play. Not to shabby, don’t you think so?

Each CarBot comes in either red, blue, orange, or green colors, and they will operate on their own frequency so that you can always gather a group of friends together for some multi-player racing and battling.

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[ CarBot from Desk Pets help you de-stress at the office desk copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]


CarBot lets you have more fun with your smartphone

Just when you thought that the only forms of entertainment on your smartphone would be movies, music and games, along ambles the CarBot from Desk Pets International of Hong Kong. CarBots, as the name suggests, is a toy that comes in the shape of a car, and have been programmed with four interactive modes, namely Drift ‘n’ Race mode, Battle mode for multi-player fun, Maze mode, and Personality mode. It does not matter if you are running on an iOS-powered or Android-powered smartphone, the CarBot would still be revving to have a go!

With four colors to choose from (red, blue, orange and green), you can set your CarBots to battle mode for some multi-player mayhem thanks to its built-in infrared sensors. Each CarBot can be set to A, B, or C frequency so that the control scheme would not get all wonky, and you will rely on your reflexes and wit to make clever use of the fire button so that you disable your opponent’s CarBot in the process. Under Drift ‘n’ Race mode, you can enjoy full speed racing and drifting without having to call your insurance agent, while maze mode lets CarBots successfully navigate mazes and avoid obstacles. If things get too noisy, just set CarBots to mute. It takes around 40 minutes of charging for each CarBot to last for 25 minutes of play. The CarBots will retail for $29.99 each.

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CarBot lets you settle those grudges with battle mode

CarBot CarBot lets you settle those grudges with battle mode

If you prefer your robots a little more terrestrial, there’s Desk Pets’ CarBot, a buggy that can do tricks, navigate mazes, and race with — or fire on — your buddies. The cars can be controlled by a free app installed on any iOS or Android Device, and allow up to four players to duke it out in multiple play modes. For mayhem lovers the most popular may be “battle,” allowing you to fire on rival cars to disable them, along with a personality mode for freestyling and a drift ‘n’ race option. There’s even a maze mode, in which the tiny wheeled bots use their infrared sensors to avoid objects with “military precision,” according to the company. The built-in battery will give you 25 minutes of playtime for every 45 minutes of USB-based juicing, and each CarBot will set you back $30. Check out the PR and video after the break to let the rolling deathmatch commence.

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