Even if you’re entirely incapable of constructing robots out of metal and wires and circuit boards, it’s still possible to build yourself a cool looking robot. Piperoids are robot figures that are made out of paper. They come in preprinted paper tube-things, and are absurdly simple to put together: all you need are scissors and a minimal amount of hand-eye coordination to cut out the pieces and stick them into each other.

A new Piperoid is available every three months or so, and you can buy them in plenty of places, generally for between $20 and $30. More pics, after the jump. (Read more…)

Yep, it happened again. A big weekend event to look forward to distracted me from Friday’s Bot with Stuff. And that’s a shame, ’cause the bot is taking out its frustration on that poor Nerf herder. Ah well, he probably deserved it, since in addition to being scruffy-looking, he’s probably suck-up and half-witted, too.

You can catch the other two Bots With Stuff from last week over on The Shoebox Blog, including a robot with shingles and a robot with a bad motivator.

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