Hexapod Dance-Off
From MAKE Magazine
Check out this video from the 5th Annual Austrian Hexapod Dance-Off. The Hexapod moves are sure expressive. [via BotJunkie]
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Cockroach robot falls 28m, keeps running
From MAKE Magazine
The UC Berkeley Biomimetics Lab has created DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod), a cockroach-inspired robot made from laser-cut cardboard laminated with some polymer. It runs fast and can withstand falls of 28 meters, after which it just keeps on about its business.
From MAKE magazine:
In MAKE, Volume 19: Robots, Rovers, and Drones, learn how to make a model plane with an autopilot and a built-in robot brain. We’ll also show you how to make a comfortable chair and footstool out of a single sheet of plywood, a bicyclist’s vest that shows how fast you’re going, and projects that introduce you to servomotors. All this, and lots more, in MAKE, Volume 19! Subscribe here, or buy the issue in the Maker Shed.
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Jeri Ellsworth – Cyborg
From MAKE Magazine
Our pal Jeri Ellsworth got to don the telepresence rig for the Anybots robot. Cool stuff. My favorite part of the vid is this exchange:
Jeri: “I’m scared to crash it”
Anybots’ Trevor Blackwell: “You should be.”
Now that’s no way to instill confidence! 
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Amazing pancake sorting robot
From MAKE Magazine
Wow! This robot sorts over 400 pancakes per minute. Right around 1:15 it gets amazing, it seems like it’s sped up, but they need to slow it down in the video to show it off! … via jk.
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