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 | Build Your Own "Follow Me Around" Robotic Stool This RoboStool follows you around to provide your tired feet comfort at a moment's notice. The robotic foot stool from Norris Labs is a regular vinyl covered stool in appearance. However, inside is an array of sensors and communications equipment.... |
 | DIY Chess Playing Robotic Arm
We've seen a few chess robots in the past, but nothing quite this complicated. In this build, the chess board will actually rotate to move within reach of the robot arm. The arm itself moves along an axis to move each piece. You can play... |
 | Robotic Lamp features Pico Projector & Gesture Recognition
This interactive robotic lamp comes complete with gesture recognition and it's own pico projector. Like a digital assistant, it can interact with a user and project digital information on a physical surface. It's also equipped with a small... |
 | Cornell's Top Microcontroller Projects 2010
The students of Cornell have posted their year end microcontroller projects for us to admire. Some projects involve creating commercially available products, but a few definitely stood out from the crowd. With a budget of $75, the students... |
 | Robotic Butler + Robotic Fridge = Awesome!
We thought the beer launching robot and the Twitter popcorn robot were cool, but a robot which brings you cool drinks on a hot summer day? Outstanding! The two robots talk to each other through a series of infrared sensors and navigation... |
 | Giant Mechanical Spider Robot!
We've seen a giant spider robot which can scale buildings, but here's one you can actually ride and control yourself. Originally created for the Burning Man festival, this beast weighs 1,700 pounds and although it's pretty clanky and giant, the... |
 | Fascinating Mechanical Iris Steampunk Projects
A mechanical iris is a radially opening aperture which allows light to pass through. We have seen some downright superb steampunk projects and these two examples further demonstrate the beauty of simple mechanics. I've decided I want to install... |
 | Control a Robot Arm over the Web using Arduino
We've seen some neat internet-based remote control projects including the Ethernet Enabled Christmas Bells project. Here's another neat project to add to our collection. The Orbduino is a robotic arm which can can be controlled entirely... |
 | Robotic Fire Breathing Dragon!
Two high school students built this beast in their garage! Awesome work, especially for someone still in high school. This might even beat out the fire breathing snowman we posted last winter. For more information on the project, check out the... |
 | Paintball Gun Creates Graffiti Wall Art
Dubbed the "Facade Printer," this robot creates works of art by blasting paintballs to "print" images on walls. It has a range of 5 feet to 20 feet and uses lasers to precisely place the artwork.
The Facade Printer functionally is like a... |
