Method and apparatus for balancing boxer toy

A robot comprising:

• a pair of legs, each leg independently having at least one wheel in contact with a surface for movement, the at least one wheel is further in communication with a motor configured to control the movement of the leg connected thereto, the pair of legs attached to a torso having at least one controlled mechanical arm configured with a profile extension;
• a balance algorithm to control movement of the two wheels such that the robot is configured to maintain an controlled upright position;
• a punch algorithm in communication with the balance algorithm and the at least one controlled mechanical arm, the punch algorithm configured to monitor the profile extension to determine if an impact onto a surface landed by the at least one controlled mechanical arm;
• a damage detection algorithm configured to monitor and detect an impact of an external force received by the robot;
• and
• a fall algorithm in communication with the damage detection algorithm and the balance algorithm configured to cause the robot to fall from the upright position to a prone position when an amount of damage received exceeds a predetermined threshold.

A robot comprising:

• a body defined to have an upper body portion and a lower body portion;
• a control system attached to the body and having a programmable circuit board to receive a set of pre-programmed instructions and pre-programmed algorithms to control the movement and actions of the robot;
• the control system further having a receiver (wirelessly or wired) configured to receive movement actions from a remote control (wirelessly connected to the control system or hard wired with a tether into an input port);
• the control system further having at least one axis of inertial sensing to support balancing;
• two wheels independently controlled with rotating motors and separately attached to the lower body portion;
• each wheel is positioned for contact with a surface to control movement of the robot;
• at least two arms independently controlled with rotating motors and separately attached to the upper body portion;
• the preprogrammed algorithms configured to include a balance algorithm to:
• (a) maintain the robot in an upright configuration during movement and actions of the robot,
• (b) cause the robot to maintain an upright configuration upon sensing an impact or force onto the robot,
• (c) cause the robot to fall into a prone configuration on a surface upon sensing either a strong impact or force (defined above a threshold impact or force) onto the robot or sensing repeated impacts above a threshold number of impacts, and
• (d) create specified movement of the robot to mimic swagger, loss of energy or endurance, and additional wobble to imitate being dazed;
• and
• the set of preprogrammed instructions configured to include movement instructions defined to:
• (a) control the wheels to move the robot forward, backward, left and right, and
• (b) control the arms to move one or both of the arms upward, downward, in a partial or full forward extension and in a partial or full backward contraction to mimic punching.