Verbot

The TOMY Verbot is a voice controlled toy robot released by TOMY in the mid-1980s at an original price of $60 USD (approx $144 USD in 2018). It could move forward, backward, left, and right. It could also move its arms to pick up objects and move its "mouth" to talk. Verbot requires two C batteries and four AA batteries in the main unit, and a 9-Volt battery for the Voice Controller. In order to program it, you would turn on the robot and the remote, press a button on the robot, and say the corresponding action in to the remote. Once programed you could speak into the microphone and command it with your voice. However some people opt to use beeping noises instead of their voice due to Verbot being able to recognize beeping patterns more easily than words.