RoboVox is a giant robot that you can text to.
Created by artist Martin Bricelj, you send a text message to the robot and then the robot speaks it out loud. Robovox will be appearing in Rotterdam, Helsinki, Paris, New York and other major cities.
A book, DVD and other merchandise are also available from the website.
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Kiwi robot band The Trons have been invited to play a gig in Paris  for Mercedes Benz.
The completely robotic band was created by New Zealander Greg Locke.  The band took 8 to 9 months to build, mostly from scavenged parts.
The band is made up of 4 members; Ham, Wiggy, Swamp and Fifi.
Mr. Locke stated:
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Nerdbots are robots made of recycled materials.  They are created by married couple Nicholas & Angela from Kansas City, Missouri.
Similar in style to robots from the Bennett Robot Works.  The Nerdbots are for sale and range from $130 to $190.  The bot shown here is named Conar.
Check them all out here.
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Stanford University is now offering free robotics classes online.
SEE or Stanford Engineering Everywhere is offering robotics classes such as Introduction to Robotics and Machine Learning among others.
Check it out here and get a leg up on the soon to be real robot uprising.
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Trossen Robotics members Bazmarc has created this Lego version of Wall-E.  Check out more pictures and a video over at Trossen.
As always, you can enter one of their frequent contests.  See some of the past winners here and the most recent winning project here (Another homemade Wall-E).

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