$20 Co-Robot Kit Falls Over, Stands Up, Walks, Falls Over

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 25 of November , 2008 at 2:49 am

Granted, Co-Robot is not the most impressive humanoid robot we’ve ever seen. But it has the ability to walk, fall over, get back up, and keep walking, all (mostly) by itself. I’m not even sure if Asimo can do all that. It comes in a simple to build kit and has only one motor (batteries are in the feet) and no servos. It operates entirely through gears and linkages and passive mechanical sensors, which is quite a feat of engineering in of itself. Co-Robot has three modes: walk, somersault, and dance, although it kinda looks like it’s trying to do all three at once in the video. It’s actually really impressive for only $20, if you ask me.

Available lots of places in Japan, but probably not many here in the States.

[ Co-Robot (Translated) ] VIA [ Robots-Dreams ]

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