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Wii-mote controlled robot

January 25, 2007 by Tony 1 Comment

Check it out: WiiBot: How to build a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled, friendly robot

My inner-geek jumped for joy as I read this. A couple engineers used a Wii-mote to control a robotic arm to swing a tennis racket and a sword. Very cool. Complete with a video.

(via MAKE: Blog)

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  1. Bobster says

    January 28, 2007 at 6:57 am

    You are a geek that’s for sure but the robot was pretty cool. I figure this kind of thing will have tons of use in the millitary and police applications if it is not in use already.

    They will have to work on the time delay.

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