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Robotics

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Oct 5, 2009

This amazing ball catching robot named TOTO (Tracking of Thrown Objects) has been built to speed up "fully automated production systems...where parts will be transported between workstations by roboti ...

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Sep 24, 2009

Arachnophilia and technosexuals rejoice. This whimsical, skittering robot takes only 5 minutes of tinkering. This simple toy is made possible with a bit of solder, AAA battery, copper wire and an o ...

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Sep 24, 2009

What is in store for the future? Flying cars? Maybe. Dinner in a pill? Perhaps. How about 4-legged army tank robot dogs? Hell ya! This delights both the Hummer loving He-men and the anti-war pacifists ...

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Sep 24, 2009

Hell, yeah! Play with your food.This android hand is the brainchild of a collaboration including Robo250, the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, the Mattress Factory and MAYA Design, In ...

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Sep 24, 2009

The web's favorite robotics company, MIT's Boston Dynamics, never fails to instill truly  animal-like qualities into its famed creations. We giggled (slightly guiltily) when poor Big Dog took a tumble ...

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Sep 24, 2009

Wu Yulu's life story belongs in a Disney movie.The 46-year-old Chinese farmer has built 26 robots over the past 30 years, with no education beyond high school. He says he loves his robots more dearly ...

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Mar 6, 2009

Check out this Make Magazine segment on building mini robots. Then you can move onto huge ones like Big Dog!John Park builds some lively and inexpensive miniature robots. Starting with a simple vibrab ...

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Jan 24, 2009

This week I made the tinyCylon kit from the Maker Shed. It's a fun little project that has a lot of cool light patterns programmed onto the chip. this is a tiny programmable robot from Make Magazine. ...

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Jan 24, 2009

Sparky is a wireless, web-based video-chat robot from the Gomi Style crew. You can learn how to make your own Autonomous Telepresence robot using spare computer parts, some old toys and a bit of custo ...

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Dec 3, 2008

This scorpion toy was constructed by Make Magazine with a Twitchie Robot Kit. If you're afraid of real life scorpions this friendly toy might help you get used to them. His plush body is made from som ...