As some of you may know, I am involved in robotics at the high school level. Back in 2009, I came across this amazing little robot from Tomy called the i-SOBOT. I bought a pair of them at the time. Little did I know that they were in the process of being discontinued. I bring them out most years to amaze the new recruits about the capabilities of robots. I believe these also made the Guinness book of records as being the smallest humanoid robots at 6.5" tall. Not sue if it still holds the record...I doubt it.
These i-SOBOTs have several modes. There is a programming mode which allows you to string a series of actions together. There is a voice activated mode where it will recognize a set of commands. There is also a direct mode where you can move the robot via a remote control, and type in commands and watch it do its thing. Quite amazing to see them in action. More so when you have a pair of them following directions in unison.
Here is an online review video of one in action (not mine)...