HOW TO – Build your own Wall-E robot
This detailed Instructable shows you how to build your own Wall-E robot, star of the forthcoming Disney/Pixar film of the same name. Wall-E Robot [via]
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Wrex the Dawg robot
RobotsRule has a written and video review of WowWee’s forthcoming Wrex the Dawg, a sort of comic-relief robot that, as Robert puts it “is absolutely terrible at being a dog and even worse at being a robot.” WowWee Wrex The Dawg Review
Continue ReadingBot-bash ballet
Surprisingly charming, balletic, super-slow-mo video of bots bashing the dickens out of each other (and various other objects). Filmed at Carolina Combat 2008 with a Casio Exilim EX-F1 camera. Carolina Combat 2008 [Thanks, Mark!]
Continue ReadingRobot muffin man
Two Industrial Electrical Technician students built this automated muffin-making machine. The video captions are in French and there are no details about the construction, but it’s still kind of cool to watch. Machine à Muffins Automatisée [via]
Continue ReadingMay Dorkbot DC, Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Mark Your Calendars! Next Meeting: Tuesday 27 May 2008 7 PM – 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! Location: St. Stephen’s Church’s auditorium hosted by HacDC 1525 Newton St NW (near 16th and Newton NW) Washington, DC 20010 NOTE: This meeting will take place at St. Stephen’s Church (thank you HacDC!), and will include an exclusive […]
Continue ReadingPleo goes to Sea World
There’s been a lot written about how humans anthropomorphize Pleo – but even dolphins are fascinated! This is an amazing video. Sirensgrotto says that Pleo reacts positively to the dolphins, too. Related: Hack the Pleo robotic dinosaur new dev forum and scripting now available BREAKING NEWS: MySkit – Performance editor for PLEO
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Robot Spirograph
Cool long-exposure photography using a two-wheeled Picaxe-powered robot as the light-source. I like the use of the CD jewel case as a bot body. Lenny’s Blog
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