We’re all pretty well-acquainted with the obstacle avoiding robot. These little inventions use a proximity sensor to detect an object in front of the robot, then circumvent the object ...

An Arduino-based robot for people who don’t know how to build robots ... wall avoidance, room navigation, object retrieval, follow/hide from light sources, shape drawing, computer input ...

As Randy points out in the video below, by giving the toy an Arduino, you’ve not only breathed a little bit of life into an old product, but you could tinker with this further–for instance ...