The above robots are the work of CrabFu, a robot maker that makes use of spare servos from R/C aircraft to build his cute robotic creations. The plastic material that is used is an inexpensive product called Shapelock, which can be molded using a microwave, heatgun or even hot water.
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Crawling Japanese Salary Man Robot Hits Sydney
Momoyo Torimitsu is the Japanese performance artist who created “Salaryman” a crawling salary man robot. She states that the crawling action is representative of a soldier’s action, which makes “Salaryman” something of a corporate or business soldier. And here I was thinking it was just some form of extreme obeisance. The people in the crowd [...]
Lego’s Mindstorms NXT Catalog Gets an Update
There are two new parts in the Lego Mindstorms NXT catalog that are going to get builders excited. First, there is an infrared link sensor that is set to make NXT robots interact with other robot kits and devices. The thought of building a robot that could control other Lego creations is exciting to say [...]
Stick Your Data in an Affordable but Cool Robot USB Drive
There are tons of cool looking USB drives on the market, but this one is a little special. It is unfortunately only a 256MB drive (enough for documents but not your video collection, but you have to admit that the form more than makes up for the lack of capacity. I love the way that [...]
Capacitor Robot Charms, a Fun Way to Recycle E-Junk
I have piles of useless old electronic junk that I have never quite got around to figuring out what to do with. The folks at Make have a cool idea though, and it involves robots; not actual working robots but anatomical representations of them; lovingly crafted from old components.
If you are not artistically inclined [...]
