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 | Incredible Robot Balances Perfectly on a Ball
We've featured some basic segway-like self balancing robots with two wheels but we haven't seen anything like this. This unique robot uses three omni-wheels to maintain its balance on a spherical ball. As demonstrated in the video below, it... |
 | Mind-Controlled WiFi Surveillance Robot
The Rovio is a simple security robot with an attached webcam which can be remotely controlled from anywhere in the world. Using a 14-electrode headset which monitors brain activity and head-motion, this hacker can now control his robot via Skype... |
 | DIY Robotic Arm Chess Opponent
Playing chess against an on-screen computer is one thing, but it just doesn't match the realistic feel of a live chess game. By programming a Lynxmotion robotic arm in Python, this chess player created his own robotic opponent. The Python... |
 | How to: Pirate a Book in Seconds!
While making copies of digital media is simple, preserving old-world documents is far more difficult. The high speed scanner in the video above easily allows the user to digitize books using a flip-book style scanning process which can process... |
 | Complex Robotic Hand Built using LEGOs
From a distance it may look like a regular robotic arm. Get close up though and you'll see this robotic claw is made entirely using LEGOs. This is no kid's project though, it's an attempt at a functional likeness of the human hand. To... |
 | How to: Completely Functional R2D2 RC Robot
While having your own slave pet R2D2 has been a dream of thousands of Star Wars fans, one dedicated man made his own functional and extremely realistic R2D2 robot. So realistic, it looks like it just motored off of the Star Wars set. He also has... |
 | Arduino Powered Remote Control Lawnmower
We've seen loads of great Arduino projects and even a few RC lawn mowers, but we've never seen the two combined until now. Â This project walks you through the entire build process step by step and includes a thorough guide for creating remote... |
 | Absolutely Ingenious Wooden Rube Goldberg Machine
The Marble Lifting Machine would probably impress even Leonardo da Vinci. Mere words cannot describe the play of physics and craft that goes into this machine which has a single task – take a steel marble and transport it to the top of the... |
 | The Incredible Steampunk Professor X Chair
Charles Xavier never really been ‘steamy’ but this superbly detailed steampunk wheelchair begs to differ.  The pseudo-Victorian mechanical recreation of Professor X’s iconic wheelchair would make both Jules Vern and Stan... |
 | Cocktail Robot Mixes the Perfect Drink
The 'Drink Making Unit' is for the geek who loves to create their own custom mixes. We've seen some impressive robot bar tenders before, but now you can have a desktop version. This one was created by Evil Mad Scientists Lenore and... |
