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Styrobots for school

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RobotGrrl is making and selling these bright little bots to raise money for robotic education -

This is a Styrobot that I created. It's a form of a BristleBot, but it uses a pipecleaner instead to vibrate and jiggle around. It's really cute as the googley eyes move all over the place when turned on (antenna pushed in) :D

The purpose of these Styrobots is to raise money for me to attend Stanford's EPGY Artificial Intelligence program. It's a REALLY fun and promising opportunity, however it comes with a cost.

To foot cover that cost, Styrobots are available on RobotGrrl.Etsy.com @ 20 beans each, for a good cause. Good Luck RobotGrrl!

- Styrobot on Flickr

- RobotGrrl's blog

Update:
styrobot_uchobby copy.jpg
David from uCHobby posted pics of his styrobots upon arrival - RobotGrrl Styrobots Arrive!

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Posted by: David on June 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM

Hey, great way to help RobotGrrl! I have two of her Styrobots and love them.

The link back to her blog has an extra space which prevents it from working.

David@uchobby.

Posted by: Collin Cunningham on June 4, 2008 at 6:17 PM

Thanks for the fix! Updated with your article link as well

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