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Amazing Fire Chief Robot
YouTube poster robothut has created an amazing robot called Fire Chief from a Chief Smoky robot that actually sends smoke out of the fire hose nozzle. So here is my version of the Fire Chief robot. The firs effect in the chest turned out very well, I used a rotating wrinkle foil drum that colored [...]
Swarm Robotics For The Masses
Cheap swarm robotics available in a kit? Check. Open source? Check. Easily hackable? Check. We really like the fact that the wires hanging off the side of these robots is a recharging wire. The little robot could potentially makes its way to its very own charging station! The robots have two skis soldered to the [...]
Roomba Pac-Man
I suppose the system above has some real world application, but we don’t care about that. Watch as a Roomba turned into Pac-Man gets chased by the fully autonomous Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde. For more info check out the project website Pac-Man Roomba. Link via (Engadget)
Roomba Path
A long exposure reveals the Roomba’s true hidden nature, which is to vacuum every spot on your floor. The photo looks like some kind of strange glowing transit map. For more fun with your Roomba, check out the book Hacking Roomba. Link via (BoingBoing)