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Tiny BOT is a simple obstacle avoiding robot with two wheels that can be fabricated using a handful of generally available and inexpensive discrete components. The robot can perform avoidance ...

Designed so the sensors sit inside the machine, the bumps that adorn other robot cleaners are eliminated, allowing the 3.35-inch S10 to scoot around and under a wider variety of objects.

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Protruding above the 6-legger is a PING ultrasonic rangefinder. This adds autonomy to the little robot, which you can see running some obstacle avoidance routines in the video after the break.