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Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
PetBots! - Make Your Own Artbots

Location: Expo Hall 92

Kids come create your own PetBOT with common recycled electronics and cool lasercut parts. Connect motors, lights and batteries, then test your creations in the isobotics proving grounds.
PetBots are assembled from a kit of parts comprising of a laser cut chassis and appendages that can be configured in multiple ways that allow many different robots to be made. Using zip ties to hold the parts together anyone is able to master the build and create an army of robotic pets that spin, draw jump and roam all at your command!

Web site: http://www.isopoddesign.com/index.html

About the Maker(s)

Christopher Myers [
Chris is a product designer and educator. Although a certifiable "car nut" and lover of cutting edge technology, his favorite projects are toys. Chris teaches at the Academy of Art University in the Industrial Design Department and runs an after school robotics class for seven to nine year olds called ArtBots.
http://www.isobot.org