June 2008 - Posts

• A 2 Foot Tall Dancing Robot? Rolly's competition?

  While not nearly as compact as a Rolly, there's something to be said about a 2.4" tall dancing robot that straps any music player to its back and dances a jig... Oh, and it will chase you around the house, too. Anyone have the COPS theme? It's the Hasbro Ampbot, coming this summer for $500. I wonder how you program it? There's a writeup about it on Engadget, too...   Posted Jun 20 2008, 01:25 PM by Auri with no comments Filed under: ampbot, hasbro, competition

• Video: Rolly & The Cat

  Cute :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32y7emwWL0&feature=related Do you have any videos to show us? Talk it up in the forums!  Posted Jun 17 2008, 12:47 AM by Auri with no comments Filed under: video, cat

• Video: The Inspiration Behind the Rolly

  In case you never saw it, here is an interview from last year with a Sony engineer discussing the motivation behind the Rolly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1cRmnJX_aU&feature=related   Posted Jun 17 2008, 12:46 AM by Auri with no comments Filed under: interview, inspiration

• If Motions Downloaded from Rolly Go Don't Work... Change the File Extension

  I started using the Rolly Go site so I could download some of the cool motions Sony has created for all of us to use. Unfortunately, when I downloaded Feist's 1234, it came down with no file extension. Thus, Rolly Choreographer wouldn't recognize it as a motion file. To fix the problem, I simply added the .MTF file extension. So, now instead of just 1234, I have 1234.mtf. Problem solved! I hope this helps anyone else having this issue :) If you are having any other issues with downloading and applying motion files, please visit this topic the forums and everyone can help you out! Posted Jun 08 2008, 12:29 PM by Auri with no comments Filed under: motion editor, problem, motion file, rolly go, download

• Tell Sony What You Want From Rolly Generation 2

  Do you have a suggestion for the next Rolly? Sony wants to know! Post your comments and suggestions in this forum and I'll forward them on to Sony's Rolly team! Thanks! -Auri  Posted Jun 07 2008, 07:16 PM by Auri with no comments Filed under: sony, suggestions, contact sony, features

• Make your Rolly continuously dance! Finally!

  Are you annoyed by your Rolly only dancing for the one song and then stopping? Is your finger tired of double tapping after every song? Want your Rolly dancing all night at your party? Ok, I got it figured out!   Here's what you do: 1. Connect your Rolly to your PC via USB. 2. Download the DEMO.INI file from the forums. 3. Copy that folder into the RSF folder on your Rolly. You'll also see a Rolly.ini file, although you might not see the .ini part on some systems. No worries! 4. Unplug your Rolly from your PC. 5. Start your Rolly dancing and it won't stop until you tap it again! 6. Party like a rock star! Comment about the new hack here.  This hack does not affect any other Rolly functionality based on my testing. If you want to disable the new functionality, simply delete the DEMO.ini file. Enjoy! Best, -Auri  Posted Jun 06 2008, 11:53 PM by Auri with 59 comment(s) Filed under: hack, dancing, party, repeat