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 | First Person RC Plane Captures Stunning View of New York
Flying a first-person view RC plane around a city like New York can either land you in jail or on the popularity leaderboard of YouTube. Thankfully, it was the latter otherwise this awesome video of an RC plane over the city might have escaped... |
 | Rapid-Movement Robotic Eye Mimics the Human Eye
The optical mechanism of a human eye is a incredibly complex. This robotic eye has not only duplicated the rapid motion of the eye, but it even moves 5 times faster! The tiny mounted optical system follows a human's eye movements and... |
 | Epic R2D2 Features 10 Consoles + Projector
We've seen loads of great R2D2 mods in the past and even one with 8 consoles inside, but this one beats them all. Featuring 10 different consoles, a projector, fancy sound system, sexy blue LED lighting, and more... This thing is... |
 | Life Size Android Robot running Android OS
The Android OS is going places. And now, just as its name suggests, it has gone into a robot. This Android robot was showcased as the world's first life-size robot which runs on Android. Wearing the typical green suit, the almost 4 feet tall robot... |
 | Fan-Built R2D2 Robotic Suit
Starting with just a plastic garden barrel for the robot's body, this Star Wars fan built his own ride-able R2D2 robot from scratch. The original R2D2 prop from the movies was only about four feet in height and was portrayed by an actor with a... |
 | How to: DIY Swarm of Aerial Robots!
This Linux-based "swarming micro air vehicle" project is a fairly simple, yet impressive build. The robotics project uses a fleet of micro-light flying robots to made out of polypropylene sheets. Weighing just 420g and with a wingspan of 80cms,... |
 | The BaR2D2: Robotic Drink Mixer
Bartenders better hold on to their jobs. Innovations like this BaR2D2 robot might put them out of the job. This Robotic Drink Mixer can mix up to 5,000 different variations of drinks on demand on a remote cue from a laptop computer.
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 | DIY Inexpensive Laser Cutter with Infrared Diode
A laser cutter works by following a predefined path to cut the material underneath. Industrial grade CO2 lasers use the "traditional method" shown below because they have sufficient power range (20-100 Watts) to cut through steel like... |
 | Defend Your Cubicle with a DIY Robotic Turret This DIY robot turret comes as a easy to setup kit or you can build it yourself. The multi-role robot comes with a webcam for watching your back, a fan for keeping cool, and a pellet gun with laser sight plus color tracking for some harmless target... |
 | A Self-Docking Telepresence Robot
Web controlled surveillance robots are common robotic projects these days, but here's one which comes with self docking capabilities is far less common. This "RoboCam" uses the iRobot for a base and incorporates a Parallax Propeller... |
