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==Current projects==

RVMobile Telepresence robots:

*[http://gomistylewww.wordpresssparkyjr.com/2008/11/25/make-magazine-profiles-sparky-read-the-story-here/ Sparky]

Full robot projects:

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==Popularity==

A first sign of the increasing popularity of being robots yourself can be found with the [[DIY]] community. What began with small competitions for remote operated vehicles (eg [[RobotWars]]), soon developed to the building of remote operated telepresence robots as [http://gomistylewww.wordpresssparkyjr.com/2008/11/25/make-magazine-profiles-sparky-read-the-story-here/ Sparky] and then true robots (being able to take decisions themselves) as the Open Automaton Project and Leaf Project. Certain commercial companies now also produce kits for making simple robots. One example being [http://www.realrobots.nl/Magazine/magazine.html DeAgostini].

==Uses==