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RoboPanda Disassembled - A Look Inside This Friendly Robotic Bear

by Nocturnal on April 28, 2008 11:29 AM

Allow me to introduce you to my RoboPanda, this is him, and thats more than a gleam in his left eye! but more on that later. You will be happy to hear that Wow Wee's... More »

WowWee Robosapien Turned Cylon - How To Make Your Own

by swebb51 on April 21, 2008 11:15 AM

I bought one of the chrome Robosapiens , and thought, "Hey this would make a cool Cylon!". Robosapien V1 as Robo-Cylon (70's photoshoot edition!) The circuit used to make the Cylon Eye can be found... More »

Roboquad Electroluminescent Wire/Laser Mod

by milw on March 31, 2008 3:32 PM

This is the electroluminescent wire mod that I'm doing on my Roboquad. We got the EL wire from VibeLights , in both blue and purple, along with a mini-inverter power supply. I have also changed... More »

RoboBoa... Dissected!

by Nocturnal on March 24, 2008 1:35 PM

After much searching, I finally located a RoboBoa more by chance than by diligent effort. A friend of mine, who was aware of my obsession with all things Wow Wee, asked me one day out... More »

Connecting to the RS Media Linux Console Port

by milw on March 17, 2008 11:39 AM

Here's a quick how-to for patching in to the Linux console port on the RS Media. Thanks to Nocturnal's careful dissection and documentation of the boards inside the RSM, we have easy access to a... More »

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Generic Robot Base with RSV2 Attached

by Hacks & Mods Blogger on March 5, 2007 12:28 AM

I thought I would put up some photos of a weekend project making a robotic base. This project would be a good exercise for members and others in constructing a simple robotic base. The base is constructed of alloy, the wheels from an R/C toy and casters which were lying around, some parts have to be made. Motors and motor drivers will vary depending on what you have or install. This is for the basic frame only. I have included the finished robotic base photo. Read on for the rest of the gory details! More »

How I Replaced Roboquad's Eyes and Mouth: 3-Series

by Hacks & Mods Blogger on June 27, 2007 3:15 PM

  There is a scene in the Alien movie where Bishop is dissecting an alien face-sucker. He has a glazed look in his face as he studies the creature. I kept remembering that scene as... More »

RoboTed: The Robosapien Frankenstein Bear

by Jeff Block on December 13, 2006 1:01 PM

What if you could turn your robot into a teddy bear? Noccy42 of YouTube evidently already has. This is hysterical. He dances, he plays with the kitty, he's a robot. No, he's a bear! No, a robot..... More »

How I Replaced Roboquad's Eyes and Mouth Part 3: The Videos

by RobosapienV2-4mem8 on June 27, 2007 1:23 PM

Now, here in Part 3 RobosapienV2-4mem8 shares videos he has taken of final results. Meticulous work and careful documentation. Don't miss a second! More »

Dragonfly Wing Mod

by Hacks & Mods Blogger on April 14, 2007 9:48 PM

Contributed by Scott Monsma ( milw ) I've been wondering how easy it would be to make replacement wings for the Dragonfly, mainly because I want to make it look different, better, maybe even cooler... More »

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