ROBOY, the crowdfunded Android project, is 5 weeks from completion

by Reno Tibke

31 January 2013

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The University of Zuerich’s crowdfunded, tendon-actuated, and from design to construction, very rapidly realized robot boy has 5 weeks to come to life.

See on www.roboy.org

Reno Tibke Reno J. Tibke is a generalist researcher and commentator on robotics, cybernetics, and nonbiological intelligence. He is the founder of Anthrobotic.com, a contributor at Robohub.org, editor at AkihabaraNews.com, and co-founder of Tokyo-based multimedia production firm DigitalHub.JP.

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