Stone-Skipping Robot

Skippy the telepresence robot skips stones across a mountain lake in Idaho to encourage you to visit the area of Sun Valley, through a web interface that controls its movement. I spotted an Arduino in their overview video, but wish we could learn more about how it works.

Filed under: robotics — by Becky Stern, posted July 13, 2012 at 11:55 am

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1 Comment

  1. Hey Becky,

    You can reach out to me with any questions on Skippy.

    Cheers,
    //MD

    Comment by MDavid Low — July 13, 2012 @ 3:56 pm

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