Swashbot - Mini Robots With Personality

Robots may be getting more sophisticated all the time, yet they still don't have anything on your average pet cat. One difficult thing to ahieve in robotics is the sense that what has been created could be anything more than a bunch of servos and circuit boards. Even super expensive robots like Honda's ASIMO look a bit sterile, even though they mimic human movements pretty well. The Swashbot somehow manages to have a certain appeal to it, despite being constructed from R/C helicopter parts. Maybe that is due to its awkward style of movement, or possibiliy because it might remind you of late eighties movie "*batteries not included". You can check out some movies of the three versions of the Swashbot in action over at Crabfu (creator of the little beasties).