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Seven months ago, I decided to get into Arduino programming and to build a robot. On YouTube, I found many videos of obstacle avoiding robots built from a 2-wheel-drive chassis and an ultrasonic distance sensor which I liked a lot. However, I wanted my robot to look like a "real" (movie) robot. So I chose the basic design of R2-D2 as a starting point. It was clear to me that I did not have the skills, time, and money to build a real R2-D2. On the other hand, I didn't just want to copy an existing ...
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