telepresence

Sparky Jr, a DIY telepresence robot

Matt Mets

September 22nd, 2009 0

We’ve written about the Sparky Jr. DIY telepresence robot before, however Marque Cornblatt has just launched a new websited dedicated to the project.

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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November 25th, 2008 2

On this episode of Gomi Style, they build a low-cost telepresence robot. There are some “problems” with this video. It’s not an “autonomous” robot if *you* control it and the show is called Gomi Style, and they say the robot is made of junk they have lying around, but then, it’s made with the Vex […]