Meccanoid - Build Your Robot! app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Spin Master Ltd
First release : 11 Aug 2015
App size: 285.74 Mb
You are not just building a Meccanoid Personal Robot, you’re building a friend! Meccanoid is a personality in its own right – with an intelligence shaped by you! Meccanoid tells jokes, plays games, etc…
Meccanoid can be programmed 3 different ways: LIM Programming, Ragdoll Programming, & Behavior Builder. Behavior Builder & Ragdoll Programming can only be activated through the Meccanoid app.
DO YOU HAVE A MECCANOID?
Once you have built your Meccanoid, download the app to unlock additional programming features!
· NEW!!! BEHAVIOUR BUILDER: The Meccanoid App contains a new feature called “Behavior Builder”. Behavior Builder allows you to program your Meccanoid robot to perform actions and wait for triggers to perform new actions. Have your Meccanoid introduce itself and ask for a handshake before telling a funny joke! Press a button on the Meccanoid’s chest to have it initiate an activity. All your previous animations can be inserted into Behavior Builder and become part of the program.
· RAGDOLL: In this mode, you can control Meccanoid’s arm and foot motors to make Meccanoid twist, turn or move any way you want.
· LEARNED INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT: Program movements and sounds by manipulating the robot like a puppet and play them back with a push of a button.
YOU ARE IN CONTROL!
The app allows you to create your own choreographed moves developed by you! Record sound & motor movement and simply play it back.
DO YOU NEED HELP?
· FAQs: Most of the answers you are looking for including device compatibility and how to sync your device are in our FAQs: http://bit.ly/meccanosupport
· HOW TO VIDEOs: http://meccano.com/videos then click on “How to videos”
· INSTRUCTIONS: http://meccano.com/instructions
· SUPPORT: http://www.meccano.com/support or click “Customer Service” in the Meccanoid app
Please visit the support page to make sure your firmware is up to date.
MECCANOID AWARDS
Meccanoid burst on the scene in 2015 and has already won several awards around the globe!
· 2015 Last Gadget Standing at CES (Living in Digital Times)
· 2015 Best of CES 2015 – Best Toy (PC Mag)
· 2015 Top Pick at CES 2015 – Geek Beat TV
· 2015 “2015 Toy Fair Space Age” Award (Space.com)
· 2015 “10 Best Gadgets and Gizmos at Toy Fair” Award (Popular Science)
· 2015 “Best in Class: Education” (Maker Faire Bay Area)
· 2015 Grand Prix du Jouet 2015 (France)
· 2015 Innovation Toy of the Year (Sweden)
SPIN MASTER:
Meccanoid is part of Spin Master, a multi-category childrens entertainment company. Since 1994, Spin Master has been designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer products for children around the world and is recognized as a global growth leader within the toy industry. Paw Patrol, Air Hogs, Kinetic Sand, Zoomer, and Tech Deck are a few of the Spin Master Brands.
http://www.spinmaster.com/brand-websites.php
LANGUAGES:
English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese
COMPATIBILITY:
With Meccanoid G15 and Meccanoid G15KS as well as Meccanoid 2.0 and Meccanoid XL 2.0
The Meccanoid app is known to be compatible with the following devices: iPad 3 and greater, iPhone 4S and greater, iPod Touch 5G and greater: http://www.meccano.com/meccanoid-meccanoid-app
Latest reviews of Meccanoid - Build Your Robot! app for iPhone and iPad
It would not work with my IPhone4. I had the 7.1 software. My son was very disappointed
I love mecanoid and I thought I could use this app to control it but every time I try to it drains the battery so if you guys can fix it Ill rate it 5 but for now 1.Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry so I sauce
Its OK but its always recording every thing I do when trying to program my robot please fix this I want to turn off the recording feature please change this!!!!!!!
Well, this was more frustrating than it needed to be. We had a devil of a time getting it to connect via Bluetooth, until I happened upon help (inside the app) which had a link to a 30 second video. Why couldnt they just have it connect through the iOS Bluetooth like all other devices? smh After that, things went pretty well EXCEPT the Motion Capture function... doesnt. As in, it doesnt function. You can tap on it all day, nothing happens. The Ragdoll avatar works well, however. Hopefully, this app will be updated to include the Motion Capture function (and maybe some more directions...)
WARNING: This app does not use iPhones Bluetooth settings. You connect from within the app itself by pressing the "Scan" button. And if it still doesnt connect, you might need to update Meccanoids brain software like I had to. And thats a royal pain because you need to do that with a computer by first downloading and installing the "brain update" program on your computer! Meccannos phone support took two unanswered calls and then one FORTY MINUTE CALL to get it all working. The app is all about storing data that will move Meccanoid around. It has 3 parts: 1. 3D virtual Meccanoid that you move around with your finger. 2. Moving each joint with a virtual wheel. And you get to turn all the leds on and off. You can also select their colors. 3. Mirror mode that uses your phone to watch you so that Meccanoid mimics you while recording it. Mirror mode was the most fun, but it was difficult to use. I had to be about 6 feet away and I could not see my tiny iPhone 5 too well from that distance. Also Meccanoid tended to crash his arms into himself constantly. Also there was s lot of jitter. The commercial cheated. It does not work that well.