Wallbot Suprisingly Avoids Walls

Wallbot from Society of Robots is an Arduino based obstacle avoiding robot. In the video, the bot cruises around a living room, turning around every time it gets near an obstacle.

They have a complete breakdown of how to make this great little robot, complete with were they bought the parts and for how much.

See the video here.

If you plan on making one, see some Google Sketchup plans here and all the directions here.

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