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Remember Sphero, the fun robotic ball you can control from your smartphone? We got a chance to learn more about it and discovered that it is also a completely programmable robot! In short, the fun robotic ball brings programming off the computer and into real life by letting you be the master. Bet you’d want to try one, which is why they are running a National Robotics Week Sphero 2.0 Sale!

Sphero allows you to program the ball to do fun things like drive autonomously, follow unique patterns, dance, and more. Kids as young as seven can learn how to program and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to get started. Check out this cool dance sequence that a Sphero owner created:

Orbotix, the company behind Sphero, is celebrating National Robotics Week with a special offer!

• Yanko Design readers get Sphero for $99 (normally $129).
• Visit here before Monday, April 14th to get the discounted price.

They’ve also created 5 lessons to get you started learning how to program Sphero. These lessons are available to download at GoSphero.com/Education

Some Facts:

• Students from elementary school to college courses can learn with Sphero – the only thing that changes is the software.
• Beginners can use the app MacroLab. The macro system developed for Sphero has very practical applications, such as teaching kids and adults procedural thinking and basic programming skills.
• With MacroLab, you can arrange commands and settings in any combination you choose to make Sphero do your bidding.
• You can easily create a macro to have Sphero flash a color sequence. Boom, now you’re a programmer!
• More advanced users can try orbBasic. This app allows you to actually type in code for Sphero to execute.
• Even more advanced users can utilizes Sphero’s software development kits to create their own apps.
• In fact, half of the 30+ apps available for Sphero have actually been created by third-party developers.

See how the girls club Little Miss Geek is using Sphero to teach girls how to program in the video below.

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Focus sur 2veinte, un studio de conception graphique et de motion situé à Buenos Aires, qui a présenté cette vidéo d’animation « Looking for a Fight ». Inspiré par les codes de films de type Kaiju Eiga et les dessins animés japonais, cette vidéo colorée nous invite à découvrir un grand combat entre deux robots.

Literally! ERO is an award-winner concrete deconstruction robot designed to disassemble concrete structures while preserving the material for reuse in new prefab buildings. It uses high-powered water jets in its moveable arm to crack the surface and break up the slab, and then sucks up the mixed debris. In the reservoir, it separates the mixture, and creates a labeled, packaged asset that can be instantly transferred to the factory for remolding into usable blocks. No dust, no waste!

Designer: Omer Haciomeroglu

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… lies a lot of dust, especially in-between the rail tracks for the window. I do my best to keep the dust and debris away, however the combination of vacuuming the track and brushing out the debris doesn’t help. I also require a low maintenance herb to grow on my windowsill, and this is how I will tackle both these aspects.

Cleaner Robot by Chae Young Sam & Jeong Ming Yeong is this beautifully designed vacuum with brush that dedicatedly cleans up the rail tracks of the sliding windows. The robotic device even features a built-in UV lamp for sterilization and recharges using solar power.

Plan’t – Solar Energy Garden by Min Soon Kim is a hydroponic cultivating machine that can be used in apartments to grow vegetables right on your window. The device harnesses solar energy and then uses it to power a mild LED mood lamp for the night and also for the times when the sun doesn’t shine so much for the plant.

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Les étudiants du Southern California Institute of Architecture ont imaginé ce projet impressionnant “Eye, Robot” combinant cinématographie et robotique. Guidés par leurs professeurs Brandon Kruysman et Jonathan Proto, les étudiants nous proposent cette vidéo passionnante à découvrir dans la suite.