Archive for the 'RC Robots' Category

Radio-controlled Antarctic Football Team

Now I own a game called Mr Soccer, where you control robots on a football field with radio controlled devices, and try to kick the ball into the goal. The game comes with two robots (England and Brazil) but you can have several players on each side.
This version I’ve just found features penguins, kicking a […]

Armed, sentient robot, or glorified radio controlled car?

If you’ve ever watched TV footage of war zones or seen bomb disposal experts detonating suspicious looking packages and cars, chances are you’ll have see what many people refer to as an intelligent battle robot. A robot used by the police and the military to access the areas deemed far too dangerous for any human […]

Panic Attack on Robot Wars

For RC enthusiasts the TV show Robot Wars made for great viewing, where anyone with a love of radio controlled gadgetry could build their own robot and do battle with each other in the robot arena. The stars of the show were the robots themselves, the bearded nerds who built them and the bearded nerds […]

RC K9

When I was about 6 I remember having a radio controlled K9 for Christmas from my nan. Actually, I remember not having it even though I knew I was going to have it and wondering where it was. Then my mum phoned up my nan on Christmas Day to make sure she had brought it […]

Full size RC R2D2

This is perhaps the greatest thing in the World, ever. A life-size radio controlled R2D2 Astromech droid.
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There are loads of guys throughout the World who make these R2 units as a hobby, and even swap tips and advice online. There are loads of websites […]