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After stocking up on Styrofoam for over five years, Kevin Kelly built this rather big robot. On Kelly’s website he says how computer gear…

“is sheathed in custom-fit Styrofoam armor, and I hated to throw it out because it was beautiful stuff. I took the little bits to the recycling center, but the large, intricate, weirdly organic pieces I stockpiled in my basement. I was just looking for an idea of what to do with them.”

Inspired by two Styrofoam creations by Michael Salter at a museum in North Carolina, he built, what he called the perfect “geek dad” project. Hey GeekDad, you guys listening? Could be a fun project.

Read up more on the Styrofoam robot over on Kevin’s website, complete with cool pictures.

Styrofoam Robot via Neatorama



  1. Michael Harrison on Tuesday 16, 2008

    Hey Eric. Kevin actually cross-posted his styrobot story to Geekdad (http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/08/the-styrobot.html) as he is a contributor to the blog. Trust us, we all drooled over his awesome creation.

  2. bs angel on Tuesday 16, 2008

    That is freakin’ awesome! I love it. And I want one.

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