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Robot Sightings: MechRC for Educators, WowWee Spyball Bot, Papercraft Robots, and more

What's going on today in my crazy robot world?

• 00:00 The Japanese send out New Years cards, but this robot version is definitely something special. (tinyurl.com/robot-new-year-card)
• 08:30 Either the ultimate robot mashup, or total plush confusion - Huggable Killer Plush Robots (tinyurl.com/huggable-killer-plush-robots)
• 08:37 MechRC is at CES introducing the robot for educators - #72035 Robotics Tech Zone Sands Expo Ctr. (tinyurl.com/mechrc-at-ces)
• 09:17 Turns out the Killer Plush Robots are really pretty cute, cuddlely, and come in quite a few varieties (tinyurl.com/meet-the-bunkbots)
• 09:32 At CES WowWee is showing off the Spyball robot, micro projectors for iPods, and beatbox bots! (tinyurl.com/wowwee-spyball-robot)
• 09:43 We thought "No more $$ on robot toys", but this is a MUST-BUY! (tinyurl.com/wild-spinning-robot-kit) It will drive the dogs crazy...
• 09:54 Prices for some of our WowWee robot favorites, like the Tribot (tinyurl.com/wowwee-tribot) have dropped by half.
• 10:04 Sparkfun rolled out the ArduPilot controller by DIY Drones (tinyurl.com/ArduPilot-DIYDrones-Controller) S/B great for homebrew UAVs!
• 10:53 David Buckley designed "Cycler" robot control technology featured on Electronics Weekly (tinyurl.com/cycler-robot-technology)
• 11:18 2009 - the Net fuses with TV (tinyurl.com/web-TV-merge-robots) 2019 - the Net fuses with robots and the Forbin Project takes over...
• 12:24 Robot+Calendar+Papercraft, and best of all, it's free! (tinyurl.com/papercraft-robot-calendar) What more could any robogeek wish for?
• 12:29 Estimated cost for the WowWee Spyball robot is $169, but some of the press are guessing higher (tinyurl.com/popular-mech-spyball)
• 12:35 More awesome papercraft robots from Cubeecraft (tinyurl.com/cubeecraft-robots). They even have Bender, Megaman, and "Sam & Max"!

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Posted by Lem on January 7, 2009 | Permalink | Email this post

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