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  • Tino’s Spider Robot

    Analog controlled light sensing spider robot. It works without any logic device. This video shows different behaviors which can be choosen by inserting different resistors and capacitors. See also at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tsIAp78ggk&feature=youtu.be Valentino Braitenberg described a series of thought experiments in which vehicles with simple internal structure behave in unexpectedly complex ways. These vehicles are bug-like…

  • retroroboWE055566.avi

    You may think robotic toys are out of fashion, but perhaps you would change your mind after seeing this toy robot in action. This particular retro toy robot pushes all the right buttons to make this a great gift for boys. One of the simplest remote controlled robot toys out there, retro robot starts off…

  • Quadrotor Autonomous Flight and Obstacle Avoidance with Kinect Sensor

    This work is part of the STARMAC Project in the Hybrid Systems Lab at UC Berkeley (EECS department). http://hybrid.eecs.berkeley.edu/ Researcher: Patrick Bouffard PI: Prof. Claire Tomlin Our lab’s Ascending Technologies [1] Pelican quadrotor, flying autonomously and avoiding obstacles. The attached Microsoft Kinect [2] delivers a point cloud to the onboard computer via the ROS [3]…

  • Get Back Here Battlebot!!!

    funniest thing ever while stoned on xbox…i just kept yellin “Get back here battlebot!!!” ______________________________________________ If you would like to be in my sub box, be on my friend’s list, or a bulletin shoutout. Message me for prices. FOLLOW ME ON ME TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/DareDro LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dare-Dro/221622731233625 UPLOAD YOUR BEST MONTAGE OR EPISODE:…

  • Some of the best (and strangest) Arduino projects from around the

    Jan. 18, 2012 – Though Arduino won't necessarily spawn the next hot-selling gadget, it does provide a toolset for homebrew developers to exercise their creativity. Arduino.Geek.com

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