Mike Estee is experimenting with a cardboard robot that can be built for under $100. The cheap material allows Estee to experiment with designs without worrying about sunk costs.

ZURI is a programmable robot kit with a dozen different design variations.

Anyone that fancies building their own Hexapod Robot, might be interested to learn that Mike Estee has created his very own using cardboard and less than $100 in parts. The robot is still in the ...

You can check out the many iterations of his giant cardboard robot body at his Flickr page. Lentz also has a limited number of giant robot arms for sale at Etsy.

Smartibots, a robotics platform engineered around foldable cardboard, launched on Kickstarter in late June. It's projected to ship by the end of 2018.

5. The Cardboard Tweenbot In 2008, New Yorker Kacie Kinzer created a cute cardboard “robot” that was half art project, half social experiment.

Robot packing can eliminate cardboard waste. By scanning an item's individual ID, it learns the shape and size of the item. Then it can pack the item using exactly the right amount of cardboard ...

The Cardboard Boat Regatta returned to Robbins Lake Saturday for another round of head-to-head races.This year’s event followed a timed “out and back” format, ...

Additionally, the robot’s design is both eco-friendly and cost-effective. Made from cardboard, it is lightweight and easy to assemble, yet sturdy enough to support the smartphone and its movements.

The Windmill Robot exhibit is made from recycled cardboard and a healthy dose of faith in the future of sustainable energy.

That’s the idea behind Boxie, a robot created by Alexander Reben at MIT Media Lab. Reben wanted to design a robot that could approach people and get them to answer interview questions on camera.

In honor of GeekDad UnWired Week, I decided to re-create the GeekDad logo banner with actual robots … made of cardboard. So, on one of the hottest days of the summer (I think it hit about 103) I ...