The Arduino is an amazing piece of technology that can be used to power all kinds of gadgets, often using nothing more than a battery and various components that don’t cost more than a few bucks.

[Dave] wanted to make an Arduino robot out of a remote-control 1950 Mercury. He removed the RC portion from the car and kept the drive and steering motors. The idea was to use three ultrasonic ...

There's no shortage of robot-based toys out there which are claimed to be both fun, and teach your budding young roboticist the basics of programming. Following in the digital footsteps of Play-i, ...