Hackaday (unofficial) May 9, 2022 4:00pm Verbot Goes to The Dark Side #robotshacks #toyhacks #1980s #omnibot #randirain #retro #robot #tomy #verbot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Verbot Goes To The Dark Side What happens to old, neglected 1980s toy robots? According to the [Randi Rain], they turn to the dark side! Way back in the ’80s, Tomy had an entire line of robots — from keychain wind-…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 22, 2021 3:00pm 80’s Omnibot Goes RC And Gets a Modern Refresh #robotshacks #toyhacks #24ghz #futaba #omnibot #radiocontrolled #robot #wireless #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 80’s Omnibot Goes RC And Gets A Modern Refresh Thrift stores, antique shops, knick-knack stores- Whatever you might call them in your locale, they’re usually full of “another man’s treasure”. More often than not, we leav…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 19, 2021 6:00am Omnibot From the 80s Gets LED Matrix Eyes, Camera #raspberrypi #robotshacks #computervision #eyes #ledmatrix #omnibot #robot #tomy #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Omnibot From The 80s Gets LED Matrix Eyes, Camera [Ramin assadollahi] has been busy rebuilding and improving an Omnibot 5402, and the last piece of hardware he wanted to upgrade was some LED matrix eyes and a high quality Raspberry Pi camera for c…