Instructables Robot Contest Announces Winners

There was a time not too long ago when finding a local robotics club was near impossible for people in many cities. If you wanted to build a robot, you would entirely be on your own. But now, as robots begin to slowly take over the world, most builders can find a local group or local robotics competition.

But for those who can't, there are the robot internet contests. The typical rules are: build a cool robot, write about it, win something.

The most recent of these contests, the Instructables Robot Contest, just announced the winners today.

The winners are worth checking out. First there is the Experimental Robot Platform, which just so happens to also be my creation.

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Second place was a Wall-E look-alike robot. And although airman00 didn't win, my personal favorite of the bunch was Chives, the Robot Butler. You can find a more detailed tutorial on his creation here.

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Chives the Robot Butler

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