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Top Five Gadgets That Are Actually Robots Too

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Robots, tech and gadgets go together very well, this is a cool topic that fascinates and scares us all at the same time. We admire those robots that do good work, but when it comes to those robots designed for security, then we tend to worry slightly about those. In this Top Five, we are going to be looking at robots of all kinds, so there is a bit of mix in here this time.

The Arm From Terminator 2

This could be the real arm from the Terminator or a mock up; it is up to you to decide after you have paid $3,600 for it at an auction on eBay. It is very life like and even has th

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Top Five Gadgets That Happen To Be Robots Too

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There are two things about robots, the first is that the more sophisticated they become they will be able to carry out tasks that we no longer wish to do or that are too dangerous for humans. The other factor is fear; we have seen Terminator and other films where the end of the human race is plotted by computers who have become aware! In this Top Five we are looking at how it all starts.

The real SkyNET robot

You would have thought that four movies and TV series would be enough to warn about the dangers of robots etc, yet here we are looking at a drone based on the Parrot AR.D

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How to Make a Tree Climbing Arduino Robot!

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Here’s the coolest robot of the week you can build, a tree climbing Arduino robot!  I love this idea and would like to take the concept further by adding some wireless cameras so I can snoop on the baby birds hatching. See Instructables for full instructions on how to make one yourself.

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How to Make DIY Animatronic Mouth Robot!

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Want to make yourself a DIY animatronic mouth robot?  Check out PyroElectro.com’s instructions on how to build one of these using PIC controller and servos.

In this tutorial I will show you two simple methods for building a believable robotic mouth. One articulated and moveable, the other an LCD flashing design. Both animatronic mouth designs create a believable illusion for your animatronic robot and can be built on a modest DIY budget.

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How to Make a DIY Music-Syncing Dancing Robot!

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I’ve always wanted to do this, jazz up my night time with dancing robots that sync to your music.

You can check out full instructions at Make. Also, there’s

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Bird Robot that FLIES Like a Bird!

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This is the most amazing bird robot that FLIES like a real bird, MUST SEE!!!

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DIY Roomba Rodeo Robot!

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Have some time to kill? How about adding a rodeo robot to your Roomba while it’s cleaning your hardwood floors?

via hackedgadgets,

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DIY Beer Robot Controlled By a Wiimote!

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Just when you needed another beer and try to grab it, the beer walks away by itself!

If this has happened to you recently, you’ve been punked by the DIY beer robot.

via hackaday,

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DIY Pool Robot Practicing to Enter World Professional Billiard Championship!

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Have you ever seen a robot playing pool?  That’s right, this DIY Pool robot can play some serious game and even moves around the table to find the best angles. Check out the video after the jump, amazing.

Thomas Nierhoff, a masters student at Technische

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Sarco to the dancing robot

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This is Sarco the robot, it has been developed by the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon. the robot demonstrates balance and weight shifting from one leg to the other, something that we humans are good at!

The robot may not be too steady or fast, but in robotics this is a giant leap as balance is the key to robots being able to carry out all sorts of different jobs that we human types seem to feel are below us these days.

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