Watch-Controlled Gripper Bot Is All Kinds Of DIY Cute
I love that there are tons of tinkerers out there just putting together robots for no other reason than “hey, this might work.” Home hacker Lars Kristian Roland made this one, a simple rover bot with a gripping claw (it runs on modular hardware and an Arduino, naturally) — but the twist in this case is that it’s controlled by a Chronos watch that has a built-in accelerometer and antenna.
Skip to about halfway through to see it get the thing and do a little dance.
Details of the project, with parts and links, can be found at Roland’s blog.