Floppy the Robot

Alien54 writes "Build your own Robot for almost Free..... As seen here where there are complete plans [and pictures] to build a robot from a 3 1/2" floppy drive without taking it apart. The floppy drive has all of the motors and electronics you need to get started and compete in a robot contest. With some old 5.25 inch drives, you can really get some power."

Comments

Duh

[soliaus]

And what's the use of building yet another gadget-on-wheels that doesn't do all that much, but can be called a "robot". Seriously it's the robotics equivalent to 'hello world'. This kind of thing worries me in all seriousness; there are dozens of worthwhile projects people can spend their time on, coding and debugging work for some of the big OSS jobs that can be really worthwhile!.

So we can load linux on it!

Re:I fail to see the use.

[LoztInSpace]

Just because you don't get anything out of it doesn't mean it's not fun for someone else. The only reason any OSS stuff gets done is because it takes someone's fancy. Some people would argue that writing code and not getting paid for it could be considered a non constructive realm. However that much mentioned itch is getting scratched by somebody. Don't bag something just because it's not your thing.

Re:Wow. Look at that website

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, you're making assumptions about the physical layer in use. Don't do that.

Re:Super Floppy

[twoslice]

Yeah, all those ads about an enlarged penis do not say it will ever get hard again....