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Meccano Spyke gets three robot chums

While we patiently wait for the original Spyke (pictured) to roll his Johnny Five-like caterpillar tracks into PC World and take out a few cut-price l

While we patiently wait for the original Spyke (pictured) to roll his Johnny Five-like caterpillar tracks into PC World and take out a few cut-price laptops, creator Meccano is readying a trio of robot friends to join him/her/it.

We’re reliably informed that the tinker-friendly ‘bots will include Cell, Vox and Miss models, promising such treats as Bluetooth, voice-activated commands and special light and sound effects – presumably in that order.

Add that to Spyke’s music playing, VOIP calling and webcam conferencing abilities and we could soon have a veritable robot army at our disposal.

More info is expected at CES next week, so we’ll watch our toes for them rolling in and capture them on film.

Latest ETA on the original Spyke isn’t ’til April, mind – a full seven months behind schedule. Guess we’ll put those world domination plans on hold for now.

Essentials

Meccano Spyke

Price: £200

On sale: April (expected)

Contact: Red 5

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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