The toy shown in the picture is the legendary RoboSapien, an interactive, programmable and biomorphic robot developed by inventor Mark Tilden and manufactured by the company WowWee. The model originally launched in 2004 in black and white became a worldwide success. It is characterised by its ability to move without wheels: thanks to a system of movable limbs, the robot can walk, dance, grasp objects and, controlled via an infrared remote control, respond to sounds or commands.