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[4wdmt]

His vid is featured at youtube at the moment (swashbot 1) and I think some of you guys heard about him with his steam powered RCs. But this one is so cute:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NoICzQpVCeA

Interaction with a cat:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pjZpbMR7VhU&feature=related

Maybe Tamiya, futaba or some R/C manufacturers should hire him for his design .

 

[william g]

that was really pretty cool.
So simple, yet it works very well and even seems to have a personality or charactor.

If somebody else comes up with a knock off copy I bet if the radio wasn't dumbed down to much it would sell and be fun. Be perfect for little robot sumu wrestlers

 

[team3six]

That was pretty cool and what was better is in the 3rd edition I found a product to make something out of a plastic that he used to make the shell for the crab.

On another note. Hitec made a robot called robonova
http://www.robonova.com/manager/product.php
As well as HPI, but for some reason its not available in the US.
http://www.hpirobot.jp/

That stuff is called shapelock. I wonder how well it works at being painted? They have a free offer on thier website for some to try out.
http://shapelock.com/page2.html

 

[Jchung]

I have a small bucket of Shapelock. This stuff is pretty cool, I haven't really used it for anything except messing around with. Haven't tried painting it yet. The plastic has a very slick surface after it cools, so I am not sure how the paint would stay on it.