If you've always wanted that little Android icon on your phone to come to life, there's hope. Someone from Taiwan has built himself an Android robot--made from a painted garbage can.
Despite its trashy origins, the wheeled robot certainly looks adorable with its rotating arms and LED lights for eyes. All of these actions are controlled via an external remote control. There's even a little port at the back to charge the machine.
This little fella was built using Arduino, an open-source microcontroller board for developing interactive objects. The microcontroller takes commands from the remote control and sends them to the switches used to control the lights and motors of the robots.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Another RC Drift clip
The RC drift cars looks cool aesthetically but I don't think they are fast. I love RC cars that are badass fast!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
RC Model Helicopter Caused a fire
Oops! We should always practice extreme caution when playing with our big toys it may cost us a lot if we are not careful!
At 5:30 p.m. Friday, 14 fire engines were at the scene. Firefighters from CalFire, Placer County, Roseville and Rocklin battled the 80 acre blaze.
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PLACER COUNTY, CA - A fire that sent black plumes of smoke across the sky in Lincoln, Friday will continue to burn throughout the night, said Cal Fire spokesperson Daniel Berlant.
The fire is at Fiddyment Road and East Catlett Road, just west of Thunder Valley Casino.
Berlant said the fire started after a RC Model Helicopter crashed in the grass field.
The wildfire portion of the blaze was contained around 5:50 p.m. Friday. Crews worked to get a handle on a haystack, which burned into Saturday morning, Berlant said.
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
2010 Korea RC Street Drift Challenge
Hey, check this out RC drift cars looks real even the street looks real except for the fake miniature audience from WWE lol.
Monday, June 27, 2011
How do I get 1 of this?
U.S. airmen and contractors from the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron operate MQ-9 Reaper killer drones at Kandahar air base in Afghanistan in November 2009.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Bugatti Veyron RC
Here's a cool Bugatti Veyron RC drift, I love to have this toy. However, I don't think it's that fast.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Super Fast Turbine powered RC Jet
This radio controlled jet powered by a Jetcat P160 SE, has been lasered at 586 KpH. Whoa, it's amazingly fast and it should come with a pretty powerful controller just to maneuver this hell fire. Check it out:
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