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Spruce Deuce, the Robot Drummer Percusses His Way Into Our Hearts

spruce_deuce_robot_drummer

Music geek/artist Steve Averill created this crazy contraption, a plywood robot that can play drums.

Spruce Deuce gets his rhythm by using a set of arm and wrist servos, controlled by a Highly Liquid MD24 MIDI servo controller.…

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July 8th, 2010 by: Technabob

Junimotion Kit Robot Will be Your Pal (for $4,000)

junimotion robot toy

This new humanoid robot will be available soon in South Korea thanks to a company name Robotro.

The 15 inch-tall, 6 lb. robot is called the Junimotion and it’s a kit that you have to assemble for yourself. That’s kind of cool, yet daunting. The thing is that this ‘bot…

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January 29th, 2010 by: Range

Digimech Clock Features Gear Driven Digital Display

Digimech Clock by Duncan Shotton

I’ll just start out by saying this: I’m a sucker for cool digital clocks. And this one is a real doozy. UK designer Duncan Shotton’s Digimech clock may look like an LED or LCD timepiece on the surface, but it’s actual a complicated mechanical contraption that creates a 7-segment digital…

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June 24th, 2008 by: Technabob

G-Robots Invade North America

HPI G-Robot GR-001

This sophisticated compact robot has been available in Japan for about a few months now, and is now finding its way to American shores.

The HPI GR-001 G-Robot features 20 motors that can be programmed to follow your every command. In addition to the included PS2-like controller, you can also…

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April 22nd, 2008 by: Technabob

Robophilo: Humanoid Robot for Under $500

RoboPhilo

RoboPhilo is a compact personal robot that offers a level of sophistication you usually don’t find in robots for under $1000, let alone in one that costs less than 500 clams.

 
The humanoid ‘bot comes “ready to walk,” which means you won’t have to spend hours putting together the…

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December 8th, 2007 by: Technabob

Every Time a Bell Rings, a Blog Gets Its Hits

Arduino Xmas Bell Hit Counter

Here’s a fun little holiday project for you mechanically-inclined folks out there. This strange looking contraption connects to your computer and rings a little bell every time a visitor hits your website.

With a few bucks worth of off the shelf parts, an Arduino board, a USB cable and a…

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December 6th, 2007 by: Technabob

Robods: Nintendo Ds Based Robot Kit

RoboDS Robot Kit for Nintendo DS

This kit from natrium42 lets you build a custom robotic device that’s controlled by the Nintendo DS portable gaming system.

The $119 RoboDS is an open robotics platform for the Nintendo DS, designed to let you remotely control your robot through the DS’ brains and on-board Wi-Fi connection.
The system…

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May 9th, 2007 by: Technabob

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