jesta
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This is quite an old story, but I just loved the title...
"How to build a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled, friendly robot...
The idea was to take one industrial robot, add a laptop talking to a WiiMote, strap on a tennis racket, have it follow the swings that the user makes, and do it all in a few hours on a Saturday so we could get back to our busy schedules. Of course we had to put on a sword too, and if there was time, maybe an Airsoft gun. Also, we wanted it to fight people, but you can’t have everything."
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I want a job like these guys!!
"How to build a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled, friendly robot...
![robot.thumbnail.jpg](http://mysteriousuniverse.org//uploads/2007/02/robot.thumbnail.jpg)
The idea was to take one industrial robot, add a laptop talking to a WiiMote, strap on a tennis racket, have it follow the swings that the user makes, and do it all in a few hours on a Saturday so we could get back to our busy schedules. Of course we had to put on a sword too, and if there was time, maybe an Airsoft gun. Also, we wanted it to fight people, but you can’t have everything."
![parry-quarte.jpg](http://www.usmechatronics.com/usmgarage/Images/parry-quarte.jpg)
Full link
Wiibot video
I want a job like these guys!!