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Make: Miniature Robots

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 24 of February , 2009 at 12:19 am

Speaking of makers and DIY robots, Make Magazine has posted a video tutorial on how to make yourself some very basic bots, including vibrobots, a junkbot made out of a tape player, and an insect bot that uses feelers to avoid obstacles:

If you liked any of these but don’t want to have to scrounge for parts yourself, I highly recommend getting a solar bugbot kit. I put one together myself in a few hours, having never soldered anything before, and it was a lot of fun… You can read my review (with video!) here.

[ Make: Television ]

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