13.01.2009 16:21 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Video: Chris the Carpenter shows off Walter the Robot's servo-powered head

We love us a good robot, the more clearly home-built the better, and it's hard to get more DIY than a bot-to-be called Walter from Chris the Carpenter at Let's Make Robots. Right now Walter exists in halves: a torso comprised of a custom chassis powered by some DeWalt drill motors, and a head with a small LCD display turned on three axis by a collection of servos. As of now everything is controlled by a remote, but the ultimate plan is for Walter to be able to locate a person, face them, and display a list of functions. We're not sure what Walter's ultimate purpose in life is to be in the future, but based on the second video below we're reaso

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