Zizzle Lucky the Incredible Wonder Pup

Oct 31, 2006 There’s a new dog in town called Lucky the Incredible Wonder Pup. As a good dog, Lucky listens to his owner, and understands fifteen different voice commands.

Lucky Wonder Pup intelligence is based on a microchip developed by Sensory, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that provides speech recognition and synthesis technologies for use in low-cost consumer electronics. This chip provides the ability for doggy toy Lucky to bark, sing and respond to his owner, just like a nice dog should.

According to Parents Magazine (November 2006), Zizzle Lucky Incredible Wonder Pup is a Doggie Genius, and is so much fun that parents will want to play with it too. The precocious plush labradoodle is one of today’s hottest breeds and doesn’t require obedience school. He performs a range of well-known doggie tricks such as “Sit”, “Lay Down” and “Shake Hands.” Tell him to “Come Here”, and he runs and barks at you. He plays games like Tug of War, and instead of just playing dead, understands “Put ‘em Up!” He responds by standing on his back legs with his hands raised until you say “Bang-Bang”, and then he falls over backwards.

Lucky the genius dog is a Platinum Toy Award Winner from the prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio for 2007, and received high marks for working out of the box with a high degree of accuracy and for appealing to
everyone who played with him, including adults.

Lucky Doggie Robot Toy is available on children toy stores for a price around $49.

Lucky the Incredible Pup Features:

• Lucky, a plush labradoodle—one of today’s hottest breeds—not only performs tricks but also has a precocious personality
• Responds to commands via voice recognition and can execute 15 different tricks such as shake, beg, sit, tug of war and stand on your head
• In addition to an amazing repertoire of tricks, Lucky the Wonder Pup also demonstrates an endearing personality through speaking and singing
• Requires 4 AA batteries (not included)
• For ages 5 yrs. and up

Low-Cost chip brings this dog to Life
To keep the Lucky Wonder Pup at low priced, most of the required functionality has been incorporated into a single microprocessor from Sensory called the RSC-4128.

Lucky’s Brain, the Sensory RSC4128

This chip acts as both a dedicated speech processor and a general purpose microcontroller, enabling it to handle coordination of speech recognition to body movement while also providing the ability for Lucky Incredible Pup to bark and sing.

Roger Shiffman, President and CEO of Zizzle said:

We’re pleased with the performance of the speech technologies provided by Sensory’s RSC-4128’, “Accuracy and low cost were important considerations in developing an intelligent plush toy for this age group.

Sensory sells the chip in bulk for under $2 in large volumes and also provides a complete line of tools that support easy and low-cost development of
products that require the ability to talk and hear.

From Discover Dogs 2006 Design a Kennel competition (The Kennel Club):

It was very difficult to decide the top fifteen entries as they were equally fantastic. However, after a lot of deliberation, Lucky has now chosen his top fifteen entries which can be viewed on the online winner’s gallery below. We would like to congratulate the top fifteen winning entries…

Zizzle Lucky The Incredible Wonder Pup for Children

About Zizzle
The company is developing a comprehensive line of electronic and traditional toys for 2006 and beyond. In 2005 Zizzle’s first product, iZ was named to Toy Wishes Magazine’s Hot Dozen which is an indicator of the most successful toy sales for the holiday season. Zizzle is the Master Toy Licensee for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, one of this year’s most anticipated movies. In addition, the company has developed an arcade pinball machine for home use, a broad line of Hand held Electronics Games and many others toys. Go to www.zizzle.com for more information.

About Sensory, Inc.
Sensory, Inc. is the world leader in embedded speech technologies. Sensory is a profitable private company offering a complete line of IC and software-only solutions for speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker verification, music synthesis and more. The company’s products are widely deployed in consumer electronics applications including telephones, home automation, toys, remote controls, automotive, security, and learning aids. Sensory’s customers represent the leaders in consumer electronics, including such companies as Hasbro, JVC, Kenwood, Mattel, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Uniden and Sony. Additional Sensory offices are located in Portland, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Vienna. Sensory, Inc. is located at 575 N. Pastoria Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. The company can be found on the web at
www.sensoryinc.com.