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.

Goodbye, clunky metal robots. A neat new ‘bot from a German robotics design studio is a DIY affair that lets any Maker with an X-Acto knife slap together a programmable, moving machine. ZURI’s ...

Using cardboard as the primary material for the robot offers several advantages. Firstly, it is incredibly cost-effective. At just $1.00 for the cardboard, it significantly reduces the overall ...

Jason Lentz has mastered the art of transforming everyday cardboard boxes into massive corrugated exoskeletons. And if you want to become a 100% recyclable man-machine, he’ll build you a boxy body.

Smartibot, which launched on Kickstarter today and starts at about $40 for U.S.-based customers, comes with everything you need to get a miniature robot up and running: a sheet of cardboard that ...

Toymaker The Crafty Robot has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest design — a DIY robot that can follow you around the house and bring you drinks. Smartibot is an educational, build ...

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.

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 ...

3. The Tinkertoy Robotic Walker. At Cornell University in New York in 1998, engineer Andy Ruina built a set of walking robot legs out of wooden Tinkertoys.Ruina was doing research into designs for ...