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Hobbyist One-Ups Sandia Labs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the do-it-yourself dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A robotics hobbyist has created what he claims is the world's smallest autonomous robot. The robot is half the volume of the robots produced by Sandia National Labs in 2001, moves quite a bit faster, and was made using techniques and supplies accessible to anyone." While Sandia Labs has had some time to improve on their original designs, it's still pretty cool to see what one can do at home as well.

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  1. Smaller than 2001 machines... by Excelcia · · Score: 1, Informative

    Someone made a robot half the size of what Sandia made did six years ago. So this person had six years worth of COTS component improvements and six years to refine designs.

    I'm impressed. Truly. In high school I built a computer out of TTL chips. Wow, I sure one-upped Eniac.

    Sure the product is cool, but this is hardly a one-uppance.