Robots Hobbies & Toys

Create a ship in a bottle

How to create a ship in a bottle

The ship in a bottle is an age old puzzle. The key to its mystery is pre-assembly, attention to detail and patience. Learn from a master craftsman and bottle ship builder the ins & outs of this art.

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Blow bubbles from blank CDs

How to blow bubbles from blank CDs

The CD bubble trick. So simple, fun, and clever. Learn how to blow a bubble from a blank cd.

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Build a 2/5th scale tank

How to build a 2/5th scale tank

Forever a WonderHowTo favorite. Learn how to build any type of 2/5th (40%) scale fully functional tank.

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Make an edible robot

How to make an edible robot

Want a robot that does more than just the ordinary old robot stuff? Well, how about one that's edible? In this video you'll see how to make edible robotics, a new field of robot research. These are made with ...

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Make a LEGO toilet

How to make a LEGO toilet

If you're into those building block toys called Legos, for pleasure or for making extravagant and elaborate brickfilms, then you can't pass this video up on making a lego toilet... a lego toilet that your lego ...

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How to make an edible robot

Make an edible robot

A five minute film on how to make your own edible robot. Edible robotics is an exciting new field of research into robots as food and prey ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 7
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How to build an android animatronic

Build an android animatronic

Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest ...more

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Curated last month by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to get started with robotics

Get started with robotics

If you are interested in starting with robotics, than this video is for you. Watch Bre Pettis create his own robot, and in the process learn ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 0
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How to make a light sensing robot

Make a light sensing robot

Mousey the junk bot is a light sensing robot made out of an old computer mouse. Bre Pettis of Make Magazine goes over how the pieces are ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 0
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How to make a Reprap robot

Make a Reprap robot

Check out this video to learn how to make a RepStrap robot. This project entails LOTS of materials. The only way you can learn what to use ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderHowTo | Comments 0
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How to make miniature robots

Make miniature robots

Check out this Make Magazine segment on building mini robots. Then you can move onto huge ones like Big Dog! John Park builds some lively ...more

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Curated 8 months ago by rmansur | Comments 5
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How to build a beam bot twin motor robot base

Build a beam bot twin motor robot base

This robot is BEAM bot inspired. First we build up the Motor Drive, an excellent and cheap Robot Bot-Base. We start with the Tamiya kit ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie Coué Arbuckle | Comments 0
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How to build a mousebot robot from make magazine

Build a mousebot robot from make magazine

Herbie the Mousebot is a very quick, easy-to-build, light-chasing robot kit, perfect for beginners. This little robot is so quick, you have ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 4,886

How to make a robot spider

Make a robot spider

Here's how to make an electric motor with some wire. It looks like a cool spider.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 11
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How to activate the wiimote for use with Robodance 4

Activate the wiimote for use with Robodance 4

Instructions on how to activate the Nintendo Wii controller for use ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
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How to build a Swashbot robot

Build a Swashbot  robot

This is a three part video on how to make a swashbot robot. Check it out!

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
Views 4,687

How to do an i-SOBOT backhand guestures with a wiimote

Do an i-SOBOT backhand guestures with a wiimote

Control an i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial shows how to do the ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
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How to do an i-SOBOT left side chop with a wiimote

Do an i-SOBOT left side chop with a wiimote

Control an i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial shows how to do the i-SOBOT Left_Side_Chop maneuver using Robodance and the Nintendo Wii ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
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How to do i-SOBOT dodge guestures with a wiimote

Do i-SOBOT dodge guestures with a wiimote

Control and i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial video shows how to do the i-SOBOT Dodge Left and Dodge Right maneuvers using Robodance ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
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How to give your "create" a brain

Give your "create" a brain

Control your "create" by giving it a brain. It looks sort of like a smoke detector.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
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How to make a cockroach robot

Make a cockroach robot

Check out this instructional robot video that demonstrates how to make an cockroach robot (part two provides instructions on making an ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 1
Views 3,956

How to take apart stepper and encoder motors

Take apart stepper and encoder motors

If you are into self made robotics, chances are that you have a stepper or encoder motor at same point. Bre Pettis shows you how to take ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 1
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How to use a wiimote to control a Lego robot

Use a wiimote to control a Lego robot

A video tutorial on how to use the wiimote to control a Lego NXT robot. Link to download GlovePie: http://carl.kenner.googlepages ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by cwiltz | Comments 1
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How to build a tinyCylon robot kit

Build a  tinyCylon robot kit

This week I made the tinyCylon kit from the Maker Shed. It's a fun little project that has a lot of cool light patterns programmed onto the ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 2,533

How to do an i-SOBOT double backhand with a wiimote

Do an i-SOBOT double backhand with a wiimote

Control an i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial shows how to do the i-SOBOT Double_Backhand maneuver using Robodance and the Nintendo Wii ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
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Robots (51 how-to videos)

SPLAT! Art Made from Everyday Household Items

Tom Friedman. One of my very favorite contemporary artists. Friedman injects the wonder into the humdrum. He creates magic from the unsuspected with his incredible sculptures assembled from simple ...

Cheat Your Way to 300 (via Remote Control)

This is full blown cheating - no ifs, ands or buts about it. Introducing the RC900, a remote-control bowling ball invented by San Antonio, Texas-based 900 Global. Says Popular Mechanics, "The ...

World's Fastest Bicycle Goes 75mph

Cycling enthusiasts, behold. Fastest bicycle in the world, designed by VARNA of British Columbia. Pretty impressive. Check it out, Barbara Buatois of France completes her new One Hour World Record at ...

Knit Your Food

Knitted delectable delights from Ed Bing Lee. Inspired? Gotta start somewhere. Previously, Crocheters Like to Party, Too. English Ladies Knit Entire Village.

Bomb-Proof Your Home With Wallpaper

Incredible. A company called Berry Plastics (in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) has developed a working bomb proof wallpaper. The technology has the ability to protect against both ...

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