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Korean Bipedal Robot Kit

Posted by michael on from the wow-robot dept.

The Black Dragon writes "This has got to be the coolest thing I've seen in a while. It's a bipedal (walks on two legs) robot that you can put together yourself and program with movements. The site is in Korean, but from what I've been able to get from translators and currency exchange, it'll cost about $1,400. (There's a movie embedded half way down.)" Gizmodo has a blurb.

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  1. Lego my eggo by dotslashconfig · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This robot reminds me a lot of the build-it-yourself Lego machines thay have been produced for a number of years now. The kits provide you with the base legos, along with motors, gears, and a nifty computer interface device that lets you write programs for a robot to execute.

    The legos were a lot of fun, but the batteries for the remote/receiver never lasted that long.

    This could be a nice next-generation version of the lego system, or it could turn into (brace yourself) this.

  2. Get Something Cheaper by MBCook · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Neat, but where do the electroncis go on it? It doesn't look like it's got the room?

    That said, you can get a cheaper one. They are not as good, but... they're cheaper. Lynxmotion's Biped, or the less fancy Parallax Todler.

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  3. Photos of these guys at the recent Robolympics by openSoar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These little guys were the star of the recent Robolympics in San Francisco (apart from my combat robot that it :) ) - absolutely amazing - some great pictures here.