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The Robots are Coming!

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Building Techniques

Even the yellow ones… Cool looking robot.  Called the HoverBot 3K. Full building instructions included. About two years after Sandro built the HoverBot 3K instructions are now available. Feel free to use them. We would be happy if you posted a picture of your own HoverBot 3K. Apparently, it was originally built by his 8 [...]

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Mimicking Life – Animals in Motion

September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Building Techniques

You often see people trying to mimic animals.  Especially in how they move.  I’ve seen robots that crawl, walk with 2 legs, walk with 4 legs, swim, slither and now… run. Robert Full shared some ideas on TED way back in February 2005.  He shows some great research that was done in how certain critters [...]

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SNOT Building – Diagonal Stripes

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Building Techniques

A neat way to make diagonal stripes for one of your MOCs.  SNOT building often takes some thinking outside the box… this method is pretty easy to replicate, and works well.

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