Want to build a cardboard robot? Apparently you can. Just tape a Joy-Con back to the back of a cardboard paper doll, and watch the controller make it dance.

[Miloslav Stibor] may have built Mimobot 2.1 out of cardboard so that it’s not very heavy, but the robot is absolutely no lightweight. Read through his logs (in Czech, or in translation) and you’ll ...

HandiMate, developed by researchers from Purdue and Indiana universities, lets children (or anyone else) build robots with cardboard, velcro, and other cheap, easily available materials.