Want an adorable little Android cellbot to name your individual, but aren’t quite able to tackle Arduino code? Darrell Taylor’s got you covered with an audio-controlled, jousting cellbot: no muss, no fuss, no microcontroller. The Make project, called TRRSTAN, accepts commands via Google chat, web browser, or Wii remote piped during the headphone jack of your Android phone — the robot’s brain, for sure. Tack on a couple of makeshift weapons procured on the local dollar store, and you have got a homemade warrior you’ll be happy with . Want one? Taylor has a ready-made kit available for just shy of $50, and provides a ‘fully assembled’ option for the additional-lazy robot enthusiast. Needless to say, you’ll always return to playing Android-bots together with your Legos in the event you aren’t quite able to big-boy world of DIY. Just sayin’.
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