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Eat your heart out, Aibo

Why buy a robot that follows a colored ball when you can spend hundreds of hours building your own?

By Jonathan Coulton Posted 07.22.2004 at 3:00 pm 0 Comments

Dept.: You Built What?
Cost: $200
Time: Many long nights
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