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OLLO Robot Construction Set

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2010-03-03 04:13 in Robotics
Just found this, now available from the Maker SHED: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/new_in_the_maker_shed_ollo_kits.html

And check·that TV commercial, dubbed into Engrish. OKAY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mznbFl5z6k

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·"If you build it, they will come."

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  • mikedivmikediv Posts: 825
    edited 2010-02-28 23:43
    Erco I just read an article about it in Robot Magazine they said it was a a pretty decent kit for kids 10 and up The guy who wrote the article had his 7 year daughter build it the only problem she had was the fact that she was not strong enough at 7 to snap the rivets together without help other than that they were very impressed with it, The only thing I would have liked better was if they had identified the CPU/MCU being used they talked all about it and the great controller but never said what the brain was .

    Erco do you know what they are using for an MCU????
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2010-03-01 01:37
    @erco,

    Trossen also sells these for the same price. ScribblerKart loved it!

    @mikediv,

    Which edition of Robot was that in?

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    "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
  • mikedivmikediv Posts: 825
    edited 2010-03-01 17:57
    Whit it was the one with the Old Robot "Robby the robot" on the cover its pretty old I am at work and don't have a copy here I will get it when I home for you. I can't for the life of me remember the movie he was in it was really famous and had an old professor and his daughter alone on a planet then these guys came to rescue them but the professor tried to kill them with his"ID" spelling the Krells built this really awesome machine that let you use your brain power to materials things but they did not realize peoples or Krells inner mind was very destructive,,lol

    I think it was Lost World ,, this is going to bug me all day does anyone remember the name of that movie
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2010-03-01 20:20
    mikediv,

    Robby was in Forbidden Planet. I know the issue now! Thanks.

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    "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
  • mikedivmikediv Posts: 825
    edited 2010-03-01 21:03
    Whit July/Aug 2009 ,,,,, ha ha as soon as I walked away from my desk I remembered,,, Forbidden Planet .. You are correct sir . It was just on TBC about a week ago
    I love the old Sci Fi movies and that was had always been my favorite,, I think Robby the Robot is so cool. I don't know how old you are but I am old...
    I used to watch Lost in Space if you ever watched it did you see the episode where the Lost in Space Robot had to battle with Robby the evil Robot ???
    Of course the lost in space robot won but I always thought Robby was much better not that I wouldn't love to have either one


    Oh Whit do you know what that kits uses for an MCU??
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2010-03-02 00:48
    mikediv,

    I do not know the MCU of the OLLO.

    Remember the Lost in Space where Will Robinson had to go inside the Robot to fix it. I don't remember if the Robot was big or Will was tiny. In the end - the Robot was shrinking or Will was growing and had to get out quick. I still remember Will roaming around in the Robot and all the gizmos and circuits!

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    "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2010-03-02 01:13
    I WAS Will Robinson back then! Whit, you refer to the LIS episode "Trip Through the Robot". The robot got big due to vapors coming from the "Valley of Shadows", IIRC. Will (and Dr. Smith under protest) went inside to "reverse the polarity" on something and shrink him back down. 60's television at its finest!

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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2010-03-02 01:34
    erco and mikediv,

    HOLY SMOKES! All the episodes are on Hulu! Here it is - http://www.hulu.com/watch/14657/lost-in-space-trip-through-the-robot#x-0,vepisode,1,0

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    "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
  • mikedivmikediv Posts: 825
    edited 2010-03-02 14:35
    Whit that awesome man thank you. Erco lmao ,, every box that my parents brought home instantly became the Jupiter one or the Enterprise . I remember that episode to,, Will just barley made it out of the Robot as it shrank back down to size. You know to be honest looking back those shows were really quite good for the time..

    Hey guys I probably should not admit this but I had a pretty big crush on Mrs Robinson,, not Julie or Penny I was only 10 but I had a thing for the old girl ,,,lol
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2010-03-03 04:13
    Your secret is safe with me!

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    "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
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