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Togolese Robot Built Mostly From Old TVs

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 13 of April , 2010 at 3:25 am

This is pretty cool: Sam Todo, who lives in the Togolese Republic in Africa (here), managed to construct a bipedal walking robot out of mostly old TV parts. It’s got a pretty nice gait, too, especially for something built from scratch. Somebody should send this guy some actual robot parts and see what he comes up with…

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Category: DIY

3 Comments

Comment by Joey1058

Made Friday, 16 of April , 2010 at 5:58 pm

Very cool. He’s using an opposed mechanism; the kind they used on older toy bots. This demonstrates that you don’t always have to reinvent the wheel, so to speak.

Comment by Auzie morgan

Made Tuesday, 20 of April , 2010 at 5:32 pm

Cool work ! I to have a petproject http://www.ubuilt-bots.com.. If I get funding I would love to help kids like that guyin Africa get mor parts,electronics and tips..

Comment by VIshnu Pryal

Made Friday, 7 of May , 2010 at 11:32 pm

hi Sam,’

THis is vishnu from Mumbai india.
I have been searching for the poeple who have passion in building the HUmaniod RObot…

So let me know ur exact area of Interest in this field..

THank You
manopryal@gmail.com
+919004609127

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